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| Brazilian airports chief sacked | Brazilian airports chief sacked |
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| The head of Brazil's airports authority has been replaced in the wake of the country's worst air crash last month. | The head of Brazil's airports authority has been replaced in the wake of the country's worst air crash last month. |
| Jose Carlos Pereira will be replaced by the president of the Brazilian space agency, Sergio Mauricio Brito Gaudenzi. | Jose Carlos Pereira will be replaced by the president of the Brazilian space agency, Sergio Mauricio Brito Gaudenzi. |
| Some 199 people died when an airliner skidded off a runway and crashed into a building at Sao Paulo's Congonhas airport. | |
| Mr Pereira is the second top official to be sacked over the crash, after the defence minister also lost his job. | Mr Pereira is the second top official to be sacked over the crash, after the defence minister also lost his job. |
| The defence ministry supervises civil aviation in Brazil. | The defence ministry supervises civil aviation in Brazil. |
| It was the new defence minister, Nelson Jobim, who requested that Mr Pereira resign and who announced his resignation. | It was the new defence minister, Nelson Jobim, who requested that Mr Pereira resign and who announced his resignation. |
| Second disaster | Second disaster |
| The airports authority, Infraero, has been criticised for allowing the Congonhas runway to be used even though it had not been "grooved" after being surfaced. | The airports authority, Infraero, has been criticised for allowing the Congonhas runway to be used even though it had not been "grooved" after being surfaced. |
| Grooving helps water escape the surface of the runway. | Grooving helps water escape the surface of the runway. |
| It had been raining heavily on 17 July, the day of the crash - that is one of several possible contributory factors being analysed by investigators. | It had been raining heavily on 17 July, the day of the crash - that is one of several possible contributory factors being analysed by investigators. |
| The disaster was the second major air tragedy in Brazil in the space of less than a year. | The disaster was the second major air tragedy in Brazil in the space of less than a year. |
| In late 2006, a Gol passenger plane and an executive jet collided over the Amazon, killing more than 150 people. | In late 2006, a Gol passenger plane and an executive jet collided over the Amazon, killing more than 150 people. |