The Brazilian government will reduce the number of take-offs and
landings at Sao Paulo's Congonhas airport, to a maximum of 36 per
hour, and reduce air traffic in the region, a government official
told media on Thursday, two days after Brazil's worst ever air
crash.
Brigadier Jose Carlos Pereira, president of state airport
administration company Infraero, said that the National Civil
Aviation Authority had decided to reduce the number of take-offs
and landings.
Officially 44 take-offs and landings an hour are allowed at the
Congonhas airport, Brazil's busiest airport.
On Tuesday, an Airbus 320 crashed on landing at Congonhas
airport, killing nearly 200 people.
(Xinhua News Agency July 20, 2007)
