DHL de Guatemala Flight 7216

DHL de Guatemala Flight 7216 was an international cargo flight between Costa Rica's Juan Santamaría International Airport (IATA: SJO, ICAO: MROC) and Guatemala City's La Aurora International Airport (IATA: GUA, ICAO: MGGT).

On 7 April 2022 (2022-04-07), the Boeing 757 suffered a hydraulic failure, and crashed on landing at the Costa Rican airport.

However, while flying over the Costa Rican town of Mueller San Carlos (or the Parque Nacional Juan Castro Blanco, it is unclear), the pilot declared an emergency due to hydraulic problems, and returned to the terminal, after flying a holding pattern to empty its fuel tanks, and touched down at 10:25 am (local time).

It then veered over 90 degrees to the right on taxiway Kilo, crashing into a ditch in front of the airport fire station and breaking apart.

[4] In December, the remains of the fuselage were preserved by the airport as a training aid for fire fighters.

Flight path of Flight 7216