A Boeing 757-200 aircraft carrying mail and parcels was cut off on Monday, attempting to make an emergency landing at Juan Santamaría International Airport in San Jose, the capital of Costa Rica. The accident did not cause any casualties, but resulted in the temporary closure of the airport, the authorities announced.
“The two people who made up the 757 crew” are in good health, “Costa Rican fire chief Hector Chavez told reporters.
The two Guatemalan pilots were taken to hospital as a precaution to be examined, said Guido Vazquez, a member of the Red Cross rescue team.
The 757 of the German transport company DHL had taken off 25 minutes earlier from the airport of San Jose, to Guatemala, when the governor informed the control tower that he had a problem with the hydraulic systems and asked for permission to make a reversal, explained Julian Bej. operations and security of the public enterprise AERIS, which manages the airport.
As it made an urgent landing, just before 19:30 (Greek time), the 757 came out of the runway and was cut in two.
The accident “completely paralyzed the operation of Juan Santamaria Airport both in terms of arrivals and departures,” said Mr. Beyard. It will affect 32 passenger flights to and from the US, Central America, Mexico, Canada and Europe, as well as two cargo flights. The operation of the airport is expected to be restored today, after the damaged 757 was removed from the runway.
The newspaper La Nación uploaded to its Twitter account photos depicting the yellow 757 with the DHL logo with the left wing folded, cut in two in the tail section, as firefighters throw foam at him, with part of it in the hallway and the rest in grass.
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