Sincere condolences to all the families affected by this tragedy.. .. .The AN-2 is an amazing, stout, simple and reliable aircraft. De-Havilland Canada would have been proud to have made it.. .. .From <a href="http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=564&u=/nm/20020315/ts_nm/cuba_plane_dc" target="_blank">Yahoo news</a> . .. . </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica">Although the cause of the crash was still unknown, residents said they saw the single-engine Russian Antonov-2's wing break off, before it spiraled downwards and crashed into the shallow waters in the small locality of El Huerto on Thursday afternoon. . .. ."It looked like it was doing maneuvers in the sky ... then I saw the wing come off and the plane fell. Then we heard a boom," one resident, Ramona Montera, said.. . </font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica">I think the true risk might be simply flying in any aircraft in Cuba.. . . . <small>[ 16 March 2002, 17:42: Message edited by: Cyclic Hotline ]</small>