NEWS IN ENGLISH – Extreme weather (2): Rainstorm closed São Paulo airport on Tuesday

allen — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 13:50:20 +0000

Bruno Bocchini Reporter Agência Brasil

São Paulo – Heavy rainfall Tuesday afternoon (July 17) forced the Congonhas airport to close down for 42 minutes, from 2:48 to 3:30 pm.

Even so, the airport infrastructure company (“Empresa Brasileira de Infraestrutura Aeroportuária – Infraero”) reported that passenger flow was normal and during the day only slightly over 15% of flights had delays.

Authorities put the whole city in a state of alert at 3:00 pm. At 4:00 pm that was reduced to a state of observation.

Allen Bennett – translator/editor The News in English

Link - Aeroporto de Congonhas suspende pouso e decolagem por 42 minutos devido a fortes chuvas