AKIPRESS.COM - More than 100 people have died after a Boeing 737 airliner crashed near Jose Marti International Airport in Havana, BBCreports..

Three people have survived but are in a critical condition, Cuban Communist Party newspaper Granma reported.

The plane was carrying 110 passengers and crew, according to the Mexican firm from which the plane was leased.

Two days of national mourning have been declared, after Cuba's worst air disaster since the 1980s.

The Boeing 737-201 crashed at 12;08 (16:08 GMT) on Friday, shortly after taking off from Havana on an internal flight to Holguin in the east of the island.

There were six Mexican crew members on board; the passengers were mainly Cuban, with five foreigners among them, state-run website Cubadebate reports.

"There has been an unfortunate aviation accident. The news is not very promising, it seems that there is a high number of victims," Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel said after visiting the crash site.