Cargo Plane Breaks Into Two During ‘Emergency Landing’ [PHOTOS]

A cargo airplane carrying mail and shipments skidded off the runway and broke in two in the course of an emergency landing in Costa Rica on Thursday, inflicting the inevitable closure of the international airport in San Jose.

Smoke was seen billowing from the bright yellow aircraft of German logistics giant DHL as it grounded to a halt, having slid off the runway when it spun and broke up around the rear wheels.

Two crew onboard is reported to be “unharmed,” said Costa Rica’s firefighters chief, Hector Chaves.

Nonetheless, the Guatemalan pair had been sent for clinic checkups as a precaution,” in accordance to what is was said by Guido Vasquez, a Red Cross worker.

The pilot was shaken up, on the other hand, every crew were conscious and “remembered what happened vividly,” said Vasquez.

The accident came about just before 10:30 am (1630 GMT) after the Boeing-757 plane, which had taken off from the Juan Santamaria airport out of San Jose, was at once forced to return 25 minutes later for an emergency landing due to a mechanical failure.

The crew had reportedly alerted nearby authorities for a hydraulic problem.

The accident precipitated operations to shut down at the country’s biggest airport till round 5:30 pm, impacting lots of flights and over 8,000 passengers.

Activities have now gone lower back to normal,