An incident with a plane closed one of the runways at Congonhas airport, in São Paulo, this Sunday afternoon (9). The aircraft is on the runway and there is still no detailed information about what happened.
According to Infraero — which manages the airport — the aircraft is small and had its tires blown during landing at the airport, around 1:30 pm.
The runway is closed and should be released in about an hour. Flights from other states with a landing in Congonhas are being delayed and schedules can be checked on the airport website.
The airport, which is one of the largest in the country, has around 225 flights a day and only performs domestic flights. However, with the expectation of expansion of the Airport, after the concession auction won by the Spanish Aena in August, the National Secretary of the Civil Aviation Secretariat (SAC) of the Ministry of Infrastructure, Ronei Glanzmann, says that the internationalization of the São Paulo terminal will In the next years.
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Source: CNN Brasil
