July 24, 2007

Air Advisory

The following just appeared in my e-mail, from the consulate general here in Brazil:

This Warden Message is to alert American Citizens living in or traveling to Brazil of continued widespread delays in air travel nationwide. International and domestic flights have been affected.  Delays of up to five hours are common and many flights have been cancelled.  Other flights have been drastically rerouted.  It is not clear when the situation will improve. Americans are advised to be prepared for long waits at Brazilian airports and to be prepared for missed connections.

This is a result of the continuing chaos in the sky which has caused Brazil's two worst-ever air disasters--both occurring in within less than a year of each other.  The latest was the TAM accident in São Paulo which killed close to 200 people.

Please be in prayer for missionaries here with travel plans, including yours-truly--flying to Belem in August.

Posted by Andrew on July 24, 2007 5:06 PM.