A cargo plane skids, goes off the runway and splits in two at the San José airport without causing casualties

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A cargo plane broke up this Thursday while making an emergency landing at the Juan Santamaría International Airport in San José, Costa Rica, in an

that caused the temporary closure of the facilities, authorities reported.

"The two people (who were on board) are in good condition," the head of the Costa Rican Fire Department, Héctor Chaves, told reporters.

The accident occurred around 4:24 p.m. GMT, when

of the German courier company DHL that had taken off from the Costa Rican airport

was forced to return due to a

.

According to official information, the crew of the aircraft, with Panamanian registration, alerted the local authorities of

, forcing them to return to the airport 25 minutes after takeoff.

During the emergency landing,

, frightened by the noise of some neighbors who live in nearby houses.

After the accident, blue liquid was observed on the runway and smoke due, according to firefighters, to the loss of hydraulic fluid and the overheating of the wheels due to difficulties in braking.

"Undoubtedly there was a serious problem. We are facing

," said Chaves.

However, "at no time has there been a fire, fire is totally out of the question," he added.

Red Cross rescuer Guido Vásquez told the media that the two crew members were sent to a hospital as a precaution "for medical evaluation."

The pilot presented a "nervous disturbance,"

but both crew members, of Guatemalan nationality, are "oriented and remember everything they experienced," Vásquez said.

Due to the accident, the airport, the most important in the country, located about 25 kilometers from San José, was

, which caused the cancellation of more than thirty flights.

"The air terminal service (already) is operating normally, both for incoming and outgoing flights," said Ricardo Hernández, executive director of Aeris, the state company that manages the airport.

"The authorities of the General Directorate of Civil Aviation of Costa Rica are carrying out the pertinent investigations and are in communication with our authorities," the Panamanian Civil Aviation Authority wrote on its Twitter account.

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