(22 Jul 2007) HEADLINE: Brazil air travel plagued with problems, mourners call for change
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Mourners gather at Brazil crash site, missteps continue
Brazil: More air travel complications; mourners gather
CAPTION: Brazil's aviation crisis rippled overseas Sunday, stranding passengers at several U.S. airports. In Brazil, mourners paid their respect to the 191 killed on an Airbus 320. (July 22)
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Just days after Brazil's deadliest plane crash thousands traveled to the accident site to remember the 191 people killed.
While tears of sadness poured from mourning Brazilians-----their cries were also calls for change-----many are outraged over Brazil's air safety system.
That frustration was evident Saturday---- as a radar outage grounded flights during a peak travel time ---
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For nearly three hours, air traffic controllers closed Brazilian air space, forcing over 20 international flights to be diverted or canceled.
Sunday--flights were still backlogged due to the outage.
Possible proof of the country's need for aviation reform comes as Brazilian authorities admit they mistook a piece of the fuselage from the accident for the flight recorder---and sent it off to the U-S for analysis.
The actual flight recorder has since been recovered and will be sent out in a few days.
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This pilot works for TAM airlines ---the company that owned the crashed plane --
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He says he'll no longer land on the main runway at the Sao Paulo-- airport--the site of the deadly wreck.
Meantime--Brazil's president is trying to squelch all of the frustration evident in his South American nation--- insisting the government will work to make air travel safer.
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