Military helicopter crashes without survivors in Santiago de Cuba

AndArmed Forces helicopter (FAR) collapsed in the early hours of this Thursday in Santiago de Cuba.

Preliminary data indicate thatthere were no survivors in the accident. The MI-17 helicopter number H-115 fell from about ten meters high.

Presumably the military aircraft was supporting the visit of the Army GeneralRaul Castro, who was this Wednesday in Santiago de Cuba withMiguel Diaz-Canel and other Cuban political leaders, participating in the ceremonyburial of the remains of combatants of the Third Eastern Front.

At least three people are believed to have died in the plane crash. Among them a flight mechanic and two FAR Red Beret escorts.

Luis Peña Almarales, a computer scientist at the Holguín airport, expressed on social networks: "Very sad, three great colleagues, excellent people that we lost today. Rest in peace. Condolences to their families."

However, the user ofFacebook Luis Dominguez, a journalist and one of the first people to report on this case, noted that about five people must have been traveling in the helicopter: two pilots, a flight mechanic and two Red Beret officers.

He indicated that one of the crew members was identified asDairon Gonzalez, and was preparing as a pilot in the third training course of that specialty in the Cuban army.

A user who calls himself Bolek Lolek on Facebook said that the deceased technician isYunier Céspedes Escalona. "I received the news an hour ago. The flight technician was a friend of mine, we studied together at the ITM José Martí in the same course," he said.

"Sources from nearby neighborhoods such as Marmolosa and the neighborhood adjacent to the airport confirm the fall of the ship, although they cannot enter the area because it is a military zone," said Cuban journalist Yosmany Mayeta.

The Cuban authorities have not yetofficial data provided about this case. The accident occurred at 5:00 am, near the Santiago de Cuba airport.

Doubts grow among the population as the hours go by, since the regime keeps the event secret, does not reveal the details about what happened at the Santiago de Cuba airport, nor the identity of the people involved in the incident.