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A DHL cargo plane went off the runway and broke in two during landing at San Jose’s international airport on Thursday, causing the airport to close but not hurting the crew.
According to the fire department, the Boeing 757 took off from Juan Santamara Airport, located just west of the city, but returned due to a hydraulic system malfunction.
According to Héctor Chaves, director of the Costa Rica Fire Department, the aircraft skidded, flipped, and broke in half after landing, exposing its cargo.
“Units mobilised to extract the pilot and co-pilot,” stated Chaves. “They then deployed foam to avoid a spill, and they’re currently working on an earthen barrier to keep any fuel from entering the drainage system.”
According to a DHL representative, both pilots were uninjured, but one was being examined by a doctor as a precaution.
WATCH: DHL cargo plane veers off runway while trying to land at Costa Rica airport pic.twitter.com/zuZVjBqZ6Z
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DHL spokesperson Daniel McGrath said the business was working with airport officials to relocate the jet so that flights could resume. He stated that an investigation would be done to ascertain the reason of the incident.
Deutsche Post DHL Group is a division of DHL.
The jet had just travelled approximately 35 miles from the airport when it asked permission to return from its intended journey to Guatemala City, according to Luis Miranda, Costa Rica’s deputy director of civil aviation. He stated that the pilot and co-pilot were the only people aboard the plane, which had only around 2.5 hours of fuel.
The airport authority stated that the crash will prevent arriving and outgoing flights from landing until at least 6 p.m. Some aircraft would be rerouted to Liberia’s Daniel Oduber International Airport, roughly 125 miles northwest of San Jose.
