Six months after a DHL Boeing 757 operating flight D07216 had an accident landing at
the Juan Santamaría International Airport in San José, Costa Rica,
a new video has emerged showing the exact moment of the runway excursion. Let’s take
a look at the dramatic video and the original incident, in today’s video.
In mid-October, a new video, displayed here, shows the exact moment a Boeing
757-200 freighter from DHL touched down in San José and skidded on a collapsed
left-landing gear was published on social media. The video, posted by air plus news,
shows how the aircraft exited the runway and was heavily damaged, breaking into two pieces.
The accident took place on April 7th 2022 at 09:34 local time. DHL was operating
flight D07216 bound for Guatemala City, but the crew had to report to San José.
The aircraft involved in the accident had a registration number HP-2010DAE. The jet was a
nearly 22 and a half-year-old Boeing 757-200 operating with a Panamanian registration.
Before crash-landing in San José, the crew had reported a problem with
the left hydraulic landing gear. There were no casualties due to the accident.
According to Simple Flying's research on the entity’s website,
Costa Rica's Civil Aviation Authority has not released a preliminary report on the accident.
Per the ICAO’s Annex 13, States in charge of an investigation must submit a Preliminary Report
to the ICAO within thirty days of the date of the accident. However, it is the State’s discretion to
decide whether this preliminary report is marked as confidential or remains public.
Costa Rica’s civil aviation authorities, the US National Transport Safety Board (NTSB),
Panama’s civil aviation authorities, and DHL are participating in the investigation procedures.
Following the accident of flight D07216, DHL released a statement confirming that the Boeing
757-200F sustained damage upon landing at Juan Santamaria airport in Costa Rica. The airline
was pleased to report that the crew underwent medical checks and were physically unharmed.
A week after the accident, the aircraft remained stuck for a week on the side of the airport’s
runway. During that week, the operations at the hub continued normally, said Ricardo Hernández,
general director of Aeris, the airport’s administrator. The authorities closed San
José airport on April 13 and 14 for five hours to remove the debris from the crash.
The team had to stabilize the broken parts of the aircraft, place them on a flat site and
unload the cargo it was carrying. During both days, there was quote “mobilization
work on the accident aircraft in the green area south of the kilo taxiway,” said Aeris.
The freighter company DHL has a cargo airline in Panama known as DHL Aero Expreso. This carrier has
a fleet of seven aircraft, composed of two Boeing 737-400(SF)s, three Boeing 757-200(PCF)s, and two
Boeing 767-300(ERBCF)s. The airline is based in Panama City Tocumen International Airport.
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