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Emergency landing in Brazil

Sao Paulo, Brazil - The leftist candidate to the next presidential election was on board

A Tam Airline aircraft was forced to land in emergency at Sao Paulo airport, Brazil, due to a landing gear failure. The leftist candidate to the next Brazilian presidential election, Luis Ignacio "Lula" da Silva was on board. The plane had taken off from Sao Paulo airport bound to Basso Fundo, in the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul, when the pilot noticed a problem to the landing gear that forced...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 32956
Rome, Italy, 09/04/2002 08:09
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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