A Cuban airliner flying from the eastern city of Santiago de Cuba to the capital Havana crashed with 68 people aboard, including 28 foreigners. State media reported that Aero-Caribbean Flight 883 went down near the village of Guasimal in Santi Spiritus province yesterday after declaring an emergency. There was no immediate word on whether any one survived, as the names of those on board would be released later. The plane was an ATR-72 twin turboprop and that the crash site was not far from the Zaza reservoir, the largest in Cuba. It said authorities had mobilised doctors and emergency workers in the rural area, which is about 220 miles east of Havana. At Havana's national terminal, relatives of those on board the plane were kept isolated from other passengers and journalists. State media gave no details on what happened to the airliner, saying only that the cause of the crash was being investigated. A small plane with at least 21 people on board crashed after taking off from Pakistan's Karachi airport today. Pervez George, a spokesman for Pakistan's Civil Aviation Authority, said the aircraft crashed near a military ordnance depot at Karachi's Jinnah International Airport due to a technical fault soon after taking off. He added, the plane chartered to international oil company ENI, based in Italy, was en route to an oil field in Sindh province, some 190 km northeast of Karachi. He said there were 19 passengers and two crew on board. At least 12 bodies have been recovered so far. Aviation officials said there was at least one foreigner on board.