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An airport in Costa Rica was forced to close when a cargo aero plane made an emergency landing and split in half.
Juan Santamaria International Airport was forced to suspend operations when the incident occurred at 10 a.m. local time on Thursday (April 7), when a DHL-powered Boeing 757-200 cargo plane landed.
Luis Miranda Monoz, deputy director of the Costa Rican Civil Aviation Authority, said the plane was on route to Guatemala when a hydraulic system malfunctioned, prompting the pilot to make an emergency landing and an hour later. Gestured to turn back
Images show the yellow plane adorned with the DHL logo when it skidded off the runway during landing and landed on a piece of grass, which firefighters took off. As soon as it returned to the ground, the tail of the plane was severed and as a result, one arm was also broken.
DHL, which is owned by Deutsche Post AG, assured that the crew was not harmed in the landing and said that one member was undergoing medical examination as a precaution. According to France 24, Guido Vasquez, a Red Cross worker, said the pilot was "dead" but assured crew members that he was conscious and would "remember everything clearly."
Juan Santamaria Airport remained closed for several hours after the dramatic landing, with airport operators saying about 8,500 passengers and 57 commercial and cargo flights were affected. It reopened at 3:30 p.m., local time, a few hours before the actual expected opening time of 6 p.m.
DHL and airport officials worked together to move the plane after landing, although they assured that the plane would no longer affect operations.
In a statement to the Associated Press, DHL said: "The DHL incident response team has been activated and an investigation will be conducted with the relevant authorities to determine if what has happened."
The airline's subsidiary, Aero Expresso, was operating at the time of the incident.
Hector Chavez, director of the Costa Rican Fire Department, said the plane skidded and turned 180 degrees when landing, according to The Independent.
"The units mobilized to remove the pilot and co-pilot. Then they applied foam to prevent leakage and now they are working on a mud dick to prevent any fuel from reaching the drainage system." Chavez said.
Aries originally estimated that the shutdown would affect three cargo flights and 32 commercial flights to the United States, Central America, Mexico, Canada and Europe.
Incidentally, if you want to see what's going on at Heathrow, Big Jet TV is bravely streaming the ship's landing, as we are told.
Several planes were forced to take off during landing after being blown out of their way by the winds, with speeds exceeding 90 mph and in some places possibly exceeding 100 mph.
Red warnings continue in London and the southeast of England. The rest of the UK - largely - is under either amber or yellow warnings.
The TAP Portugal flight from Athens to London was about to land on the runway when it was forced to regain altitude and return for a second attempt.
It was supposed to land at 11.05 in the morning, but finally managed to land at 11.26. The important thing is that it managed to land safely.
Another flight, a British Airways flight from Nassau, also made two attempts to land, finally reaching the runway 30 minutes later than scheduled.
At 10.00am this morning, winds of 46 mph were recorded at the airport, although the number is expected to increase significantly with the onset of the storm.
British Airways - understandably - has been forced to cancel a number of flights.
In a statement, he wrote: "Due to severe weather conditions in the UK and consequent restrictions on the number of planes taking off and landing per hour, we, like other airlines, face significant obstacles.
"We are flying more and more big planes wherever possible."
The winds from Hurricane Younis could be the fastest in three decades, and speeds of 122 mph have already been recorded in The Needles on the Isle of Wight - temporarily the highest ever in England. Strong gust from
Millions of Britons have been warned to stay home and avoid unnecessary travel because of the "significant risk to life".
It is also expected that the storm will wreak havoc on the journey, as well as flood some coastal areas and cause homes to lose power.
All trains in Wales have already been closed due to the storm, and schools have been closed. Elsewhere, bus and train services, as well as flights and ferries, are likely to be affected.
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