PremiumThe aircraft was bound for Guatemala from the Juan Santamaria international airport. It was forced to return 25 minutes later for an emergency landing due to a mechanical failure
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A Boeing Co. 757 cargo jet broke in two after skidding off the runway in an airport in Costa Rica.
Viral footage on social media showed that a yellow plane emblazoned with the DHL logo was doused with firefighting foam where it had landed on a grassy field next to a runway. The tail had detached and a wing had broken.
The aircraft was bound for Guatemala from the Juan Santamaria international airport. It was forced to return 25 minutes later for an emergency landing due to a mechanical failure.
The crew reported hydraulic problems with the 22-year-old aircraft, and The two pilots escaped without serious injury.
Thereafter the airport was closed for a few hours which affected around 8,500 passengers and 57 commercial and cargo flights to and from the United States, Central America, Mexico, Canada, and Europe.
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