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Juan Santamaría International Airport ( Spanish: Aeropuerto Internacional Juan Santamaría) ( IATA: SJO, ICAO: MROC) is the primary airport serving San José, the capital of Costa Rica. The airport is located in Alajuela Province, 20 kilometres (12 mi; 11 nmi) northwest of downtown San José. It is named after Costa Rica's national hero, Juan ...
Survivors. 15 (20 initially) TAN-SAHSA Flight 414 was a scheduled flight from Juan Santamaría International Airport, San José, Costa Rica to Toncontín Airport in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, with a stopover at Augusto C. Sandino Airport in Managua, Nicaragua on 21 October 1989. [ 1] Flown with a Boeing 727-200, the flight crashed into a mountain ...
Juan Santamaría. Statue of Juan Santamaría in Alajuela. Juan Santamaría Rodríguez (August 29, 1831 – April 11, 1856) was a drummer in the Costa Rican army, officially recognized as the national hero of his country for his actions in the 1856 Second Battle of Rivas, in the Filibuster War. He died in the battle carrying a torch he used to ...
The airport is named for Costa Rican pilot Tobias Bolaños Palma (1892-1953). The airport has one runway (1566mx23m). It lies at an elevation of 1002 meters AMSL. The airport has no instrument approach procedures and can only accept VFR flights. This airport is the main base for general aviation in the country, as well as most private flight ...
2. 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, the Boeing 757 operating the flight suffered a hydraulic failure, and crashed on landing at the ...
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The Argentine black and white tegu ( Salvator merianae ), also known as the Argentine giant tegu, the black and white tegu, or the huge tegu, [ 1] is a species of lizard in the family Teiidae. The species is the largest of the " tegu lizards". [ 5] It is an omnivorous species which inhabits the tropical rain forests, savannas and semi-deserts ...
The black-and-white ruffed lemur ( Varecia variegata) is an endangered species of ruffed lemur, one of two which are endemic to the island of Madagascar. Despite having a larger range than the red ruffed lemur, it has a much smaller population that is spread out, living in lower population densities and reproductively isolated.