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One of the three survivors of the plane crash in Havana died

Grettel Landrove was 23 years old

The number of the victims of the plane crash that occurred last Friday in Havana, Cuba, rises to 111 (see for details AVIONEWS article connected). The 23 year-old Grettel Landrove had been hospitalized in very serious conditions and the Cuban doctors were immediately shown to be pessimistic about the fate of the young dancer. According to what the Cuban Ministry of Health explained in a press release...

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Havana, Cuba, 05/22/2018 01:24
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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