DHL Flight 7216

Introduction
DHL Aero Expresso Flight 7216 (D07216) was an international cargo flight between Juan Santamaria International Airport in Costa Rica and La Aurora

International Airport in Guatemala City. On April 7, 2022, a Boeing 757-27A aircraft, registration HP-2010DAE, while performing service D07216, crashed at the Costa Rican airport with two crew members on board.​

The flight took off at 9:34 a.m. local time (UTC-6:00) from Juan Santamaría Airport bound for La Aurora International Airport for cargo delivery. However, while flying over the Costa Rican town of San Carlos, the aircraft declared an emergency due to hydraulic problems, so it made the decision to return to the air terminal, after a waiting pattern to burn fuel, and touched down at 10:25 a.m. (local time).​​

According to videos recorded from the airport, the aircraft skidded on runway 07, veered south down the taxiway and drifted, crashing into a ditch in front of the Costa Rica Fire Station and split in two.​

The pilot and co-pilot were evacuated in stable condition for further evaluation.

Aircraft
The crashed aircraft was a Boeing 757-27A, serial number 29610 LN:904, used by DHL Aero Expresso for its cargo flights; and powered by two Pratt & Whitney PW2037 engines. It was manufactured in 1996, its first flight occurred on December 7, 1999 by the airline Far Eastern Air Transport, until 2002 when it passed into the hands of EVA Air and then in 2003 back to Far Eastern which operated it until May 13, 2008 when it ceased operations. On 2 November 2010 it passed into the hands of DHL Aero Expresso.