Three ladies were pulled alive from the destruction, yet are said to be in a basic condition.
The plane, which was about 40 years of age, was conveying 104 travelers and six team individuals.
Cuban specialists have propelled an examination, and two days of national grieving have been pronounced.
The Boeing 737-201 smashed at 12:08 (16:08 GMT) on Friday, soon after taking off from Havana on an inner flight to Holguin on the east of the island.
Each of the six group individuals on board was Mexican and most of the travelers were Cuban, with five outsiders answered to be among them.
How did the plane come down?
It's too early to say what caused the crash, but eyewitnesses on the ground describe seeing the jet burst into flames before crashing into a field close to a wooded area near Havana's main airport.
"I saw it taking off," supermarket worker Jose Luis told the AFP news agency. "All of a sudden, it made a turn and went down. We were all amazed."
"We heard an explosion and then saw a big cloud of smoke go up," Gilberto Menendez, who runs a restaurant near the crash site, told Reuters.
Mexico's transport department said on its website that "during take-off (the plane) apparently suffered a problem and dived to the ground".
Boeing said that it was ready to send a technical team to Cuba, "as permitted under US law and at the direction of the US National Transportation Safety Board and Cuban authorities". A US trade embargo has been in force against Cuba for many decades.
The plane, which was about 40 years of age, was conveying 104 travelers and six team individuals.
Cuban specialists have propelled an examination, and two days of national grieving have been pronounced.
The Boeing 737-201 smashed at 12:08 (16:08 GMT) on Friday, soon after taking off from Havana on an inner flight to Holguin on the east of the island.
Each of the six group individuals on board was Mexican and most of the travelers were Cuban, with five outsiders answered to be among them.
How did the plane come down?
It's too early to say what caused the crash, but eyewitnesses on the ground describe seeing the jet burst into flames before crashing into a field close to a wooded area near Havana's main airport.
"I saw it taking off," supermarket worker Jose Luis told the AFP news agency. "All of a sudden, it made a turn and went down. We were all amazed."
"We heard an explosion and then saw a big cloud of smoke go up," Gilberto Menendez, who runs a restaurant near the crash site, told Reuters.
Mexico's transport department said on its website that "during take-off (the plane) apparently suffered a problem and dived to the ground".
Boeing said that it was ready to send a technical team to Cuba, "as permitted under US law and at the direction of the US National Transportation Safety Board and Cuban authorities". A US trade embargo has been in force against Cuba for many decades.
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