DHL, part of Deutsche Post AG, said the crew suffered nothing and that a member was undergoing a medical examination for precautionary reasons. Pictures from Costa Rica’s La Nacion newspaper showed a yellow plane with the DHL logo flooded with fire foam where it had landed in a grassy field next to a runway. The tail was detached and a wing was broken, the photos show. The plane was heading to Guatemala when it apparently suffered a faulty hydraulic system, said Luis Miranda Munoz, deputy director of the Costa Rican Civil Aviation Authority. The issue prompted the pilot to request a forced landing shortly after takeoff, he said. The DHL cargo plane after the forced landing. Photo: Ezequiel Becerra / AFP / Getty Images A Boeing Co spokesman said he would postpone questions to investigators. DHL and airport authorities said they were cooperating to move the aircraft, although they said it did not affect operations. “DHL’s case management team has been activated and an investigation will be conducted with the competent authorities to determine what happened,” DHL said. The DHL Aero Expreso B757-27APCF, built in 1999, made an emergency landing with significant damage at Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO), followed by a take-off and 25-minute booking from the same airport on April 7 # #Ewin Rose aviation pic.twitter.com/p6hkCXqOLY – FL360aero (@ fl360aero) April 7, 2022 Aeris airport operator said the airport, on the outskirts of the capital San Jose, reopened at 15:30 local time, about five hours after the crash and several hours earlier than expected. About 8,500 passengers and 57 commercial and cargo flights were affected by the closure, Aeris said.
