Australians among crash dead

Reports say two Australian women were among 68 killed in an airline crash in central Cuba.

AeroCaribbean Flight 883 - a turboprop - went down Thursday afternoon near the village of Guasimal in Sancti Spiritus province.

The plane was en route to the capital from the main eastern city of Santiago de Cuba when it crashed.

Officials said the families of the Australian women had been contacted.

Reports say two Australian women were among 68 killed in an airline crash in central Cuba.

AeroCaribbean Flight 883 - a turboprop - went down Thursday afternoon near the village of Guasimal in Sancti Spiritus province.

The plane was en route to the capital from the main eastern city of Santiago de Cuba when it crashed.

Officials said the families of the Australian women had been contacted.