DHL cargo plane crash Costa Rica

The Boeing 757-200 cargo plane suffered a hydraulic system failure on its way to Guatemala on Thursday, the Costa Rican civil air authority said.

Firefighters rushed to the scene and doused the aircraft with foam. The tail of the plane then split from the aircraft as it came to a stop. The aircraft, operated by Deutsche Post AG, requested an emergency landing shortly after take off before skidding onto the runway.

One crew member was undergoing medical checks as a precaution after a DHL aircraft turned 180 degrees on landing and split in two as it went into a ditch.

Images of the plane crash show that the tail had detached and a wing had broken. The pilot and co-pilot were seemingly unharmed. After the crash, DHL and airport authorities said that they were working together to remove the aircraft.

The Boeing 757-200 was carrying post and packages to Guatemala when a mechanical failure forced the pilots to return to the international airport near San Jose.

A DHL cargo plane split in two after skidding off the runway during an emergency landing in Costa Rica. DHL cargo plane crashes in Costa Rica during emergency landing A video shows the aircraft skidding along the tarmac before spinning 180 degrees and falling off the side of the runway.

A DHL cargo plane landing from Juan Santamaria Airport in Costa Rica broke in two after it skidded off the runway.

The viral video captured the moment the pilot tried move the plane to the end of the landing strip but ended up skidding, with white smoke billowing as the wheels proceeded down the strip. Clouds of smoke then begin to emerge from the remnants of the plane now split in half at the end of the runway. The Boeing 757-200's tail can be seen shifting to the right before completing a 180-degree turn.

More details are emerging after a plane for international shipper DHL dramatically crash-landed and split in half at a Costa Rican airport in the capital ...

“Units mobilised to remove the pilot and co-pilot,” Héctor Chaves, director of he Costa Rica Fire Departmen, said at the time. We have two souls aboard,” the pilots of the plane, who were both evacuated from the wreck safely, radioed into the control tower at Costa Rica’s Juan Santamaria International Airport, according to audio published by the Costa Rican newspaper La Nación. Start your Independent Premium subscription today.

A DHL cargo plane crashed in Costa Rica while landing. The Boeing 757 split in half on the runway at Juan Santamaria International Airport.

DHL spokesman Daniel McGrath said the company was working with airport authorities to move the plane so flights could resume. "Units mobilized to remove the pilot and co-pilot," Chaves said. DHL spokesman Daniel McGrath said the company was working with airport authorities to move the plane so flights could resume. "Units mobilized to remove the pilot and co-pilot," Chaves said. The airport administration said the crash would keep the airport closed to incoming and outgoing flights until at least 6 p.m. Some flights would be diverted to Daniel Oduber International Airport in Liberia, about 125 miles northwest of San Jose. The airport administration said the crash would keep the airport closed to incoming and outgoing flights until at least 6 p.m. Some flights would be diverted to Daniel Oduber International Airport in Liberia, about 125 miles northwest of San Jose.