Boeing 757-200 carrying mail and parcels was cut in two yesterday Thursday while attempting an emergency landing at Juan Santamaría International Airport in San Jose, the capital of Costa Rica.
"They are in good health"
The accident caused no casualties but resulted in the temporary closure of the airport, authorities said.
"The two people" who made up the crew of the 757 "are in good health," Costa Rican fire chief Hector Chavez told the press.
The two Guatemalan pilots were taken to a hospital as a precaution to undergo tests, said Guido Vasquez, a Red Cross rescue crew member.
The German transport company DHL's 757 had taken off 25 minutes early from San Jose airport, bound for Guatemala, when the captain informed the control tower that he was experiencing a problem with the hydraulic systems and requested permission to turn around, explained Julian Beyard, director of operations and security for the public company AERIS, which manages the airport.
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As it was making an emergency landing, just before 7:30 p.m. (GMT), the 757 went off the runway and split in two.
The accident "completely paralyzed the operation of Juan Santamaría Airport in terms of both arrivals and departures," Mr.
32 passenger flights to and from the US, Central America, Mexico, Canada and Europe will be affected, as well as two cargo flights. Operations at the airport are expected to be restored today after the damaged 757 is removed from the runway.
La Nación newspaper uploaded photos to its Twitter account showing the yellow 757 with the DHL logo with its left wing crushed, cut in two on its tail section, as firefighters pour foam on it, with part of it on the runway and the rest on the grass.
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