HAVANA, May 25 (Xinhua) -- The sole remaining survivor of last week's deadly plane crash in Cuba is still in critical condition and likely to suffer from complications from her injuries, the hospital which is treating her said Friday.
Cuban national Mailen Diaz, 19, is currently the only person to have survived the tragic accident while two other women rescued alive along with Diaz have succumbed to their injuries.
Dr. Carlos Martinez, director of Havana's Calixto Garcia University Hospital, where the survivors were treated, said Diaz was responding favorably to treatment. However, the extent of her injuries made a prognosis difficult.
The ill-fated Boeing 737 crashed and ignited a little past noon on May 18, just minutes after taking off from Havana's Jose Marti International Airport on its route to eastern Holguin province. There were 113 people on board, including six crew members from Mexico.
The Cuban government has appointed a high-level commission to investigate the cause of the crash, with the help of Mexican and American experts.
Jose Armando Daniel Lopez, president of Cuba's Institute of Civil Aviation and Aeronautics, said on Thursday night that it could take months to reach credible conclusions.
Cubana de Aviacion operated the aircraft under a wet lease arrangement with Mexican charter airline Damojh (commercially known as Global Air), which means airplane and maintenance crew were provided together by the lessor.
Built in 1979, the plane passed its last inspection in November 2017, Mexican officials said.
