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A DHL Cargo Plane Breaks in Two Landing at a Costa Rica Airport
Watch: Cargo Plane Splits In Half After Emergency Landing In Costa Rica
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Apr 8 2022
Video captures the moment a DHL cargo plane lost control and split in half on a runway in Costa Rica. Shortly after takeoff, pilots reported problems with the plane’s hydraulic system and returned back to Juan Santamaria International Airport for an emergency landing.
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541 Likes
81,979 Views
Apr 8 2022
Video captures the moment a DHL cargo plane lost control and split in half on a runway in Costa Rica. Shortly after takeoff, pilots reported problems with the plane’s hydraulic system and returned back to Juan Santamaria International Airport for an emergency landing.
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https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/08/world/americas/dhl-plane-costa-rica.html
A DHL Cargo Plane Breaks in Two Landing at a Costa Rica Airport
No one on board was injured, a spokesman for the delivery company said, adding that it was working with the authorities to remove the plane.
The plane, a DHL cargo transport, was headed to Guatemala when it was forced to return to Juan Santamaria International Airport northwest of San Jose, where the airliner skidded off the runway and fell into a gully.CreditCredit...Carlos Gonzalez/Associated Press
By Derrick Bryson Taylor
April 8, 2022
An airport near Costa Rica’s capital was temporarily closed Thursday after a DHL cargo plane split in two during an emergency landing, officials said. No one was injured.
The plane, a bright yellow B757-200F airliner about 155 feet long, was headed to Guatemala when it was forced to return to Juan Santamaria International Airport, northwest of San Jose.
The pilot and first officer on the plane, which was carrying freight to Guatemala City, reported a “hydraulic issue” shortly after takeoff and had to land, Daniel McGrath, a DHL spokesman, said on Friday.
Video of the landing circulating on social media showed the plane skidding off the runway. Smoke was seen billowing from it after it came to a stop, and emergency vehicles rushed to the scene.
The plane “sustained damage” upon landing, Claus Korfmacher, a spokesman for DHL, a package delivery company based in Germany, said in a statement on Friday.
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No one on board was injured, a spokesman for the delivery company said, adding that it was working with the authorities to remove the plane.
The plane, a DHL cargo transport, was headed to Guatemala when it was forced to return to Juan Santamaria International Airport northwest of San Jose, where the airliner skidded off the runway and fell into a gully.CreditCredit...Carlos Gonzalez/Associated Press
By Derrick Bryson Taylor
April 8, 2022
An airport near Costa Rica’s capital was temporarily closed Thursday after a DHL cargo plane split in two during an emergency landing, officials said. No one was injured.
The plane, a bright yellow B757-200F airliner about 155 feet long, was headed to Guatemala when it was forced to return to Juan Santamaria International Airport, northwest of San Jose.
The pilot and first officer on the plane, which was carrying freight to Guatemala City, reported a “hydraulic issue” shortly after takeoff and had to land, Daniel McGrath, a DHL spokesman, said on Friday.
Video of the landing circulating on social media showed the plane skidding off the runway. Smoke was seen billowing from it after it came to a stop, and emergency vehicles rushed to the scene.
The plane “sustained damage” upon landing, Claus Korfmacher, a spokesman for DHL, a package delivery company based in Germany, said in a statement on Friday.
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