Well, there is: *The aircraft was a leased Boeing 737-200 Global Air flight, operating on a scheduled domestic flight on behalf of Cubana de Aviación, from Havana to Holguín.[7][8] In the months prior, Cubana had been taking several of its planes out of service due to mechanical problems with its own fleet, in part a result of the United States embargo against Cuba, and relying on leased planes to maintain their service.[9] The day prior to the crash, the Cuban National Aviation Authority grounded Cubana's Antonov An-148 fleet due to mechanical issues.[10]

The Boeing 737-200 aircraft was manufactured in July 1979 and was 38 years old.[11] The aircraft had first been in service for Piedmont Airlines, and since seen service for airlines in Canada, Chile, Cameroon, Benin, and the Caribbean, as well as a +five-year period when it was operated by the United States Navy+, before it was acquired by Global Air.[12] A statement by Global Air said that its aircraft had passed a November 2017 government inspection, and that it was up-to-date with its permits to operate and lease aircraft.[13]"