Airport Closed Sunday Due to Small Plane Incident
The Juan Santamaría Airport was closed yesterday from 9:30 am to almost 6 pm due to an accident on take off suffered by a private plane. A tire on the Fokker plane’s landing gear went flat as the plane was taking off, which caused the landing gear to break and a spill of hydraulic fluid. The plane had to be drained of fuel before it could be moved. Since the plane was so old, no couplings were available to pump out the fuel, which extended the delay considerably.
14 flights were cancelled and 10 were rerouted.