A cargo airplane broke up during an emergency landinglink in Costa Ricalink on Thursday, in an accident thatprovoked the temporary closure of the international airport in San Jose.
Smoke was billowing from the bright yellow plane of German logistics giantDHL as it ground to a halt, having slid off the runway when it spun andbroke up around the rear wheels.
Two crew members aboard were “in a good condition,” said the chief of CostaRica link firefighters, HectorChaves.
Nonetheless, the Guatemalan pair were sent to hospital as a precaution “fora medical check-up,” according to Guido Vasquez, a Red Cross worker.
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The pilot was shaken up but both crew were conscious and “remembereverything vividly,” added Vasquez. – APP/AFP
