A DHL Express Boeing 757-200 freighter broke in half after skidding off the runway during an emergency landing at Juan Santamaria International Airport in San José, Costa Rica.
The incident occurred after the two-person crew reported mechanical problems shortly after takeoff and requested to return to the airport.
Neither crew member was injured, but the accident temporarily closed the airport, affecting 57 flights, and is now under investigation, including participation from U.S. aviation investigators.
Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on FreightWaves.com.
U.S. aviation investigators went to the Costa Rican capital of San José this weekend to investigate why a DHL Express Boeing 757-200 freighter skidded off the runway on Thursday morning and broke in half before careening to a stop.
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Formerly the Executive Editor at DC Velocity, Mark Solomon joined FreightWaves as Managing Editor of Freight Markets. Solomon began his journalistic career in 1982 at Traffic World magazine, ran his own public relations firm (Media Based Solutions) from 1994 to 2008, and has been at DC Velocity since then. Over the course of his career, Solomon has covered nearly the whole gamut of the transportation and logistics industry, including trucking, railroads, maritime, 3PLs, and regulatory issues. Solomon witnessed and narrated the rise of Amazon and XPO Logistics and the shift of the U.S. Postal Service from a mail-focused service to parcel, as well as the exponential, e-commerce-driven growth of warehouse square footage and omnichannel fulfillment.
