Tue, Aug 28, 2007
Analysts Say Departure Could Pave Way For More To Follow
A third senior official in the
Brazilian aviation authority ANAC tendered a resignation last
week since the country's worst air disaster heightened concerns
about the overall safety of air travel in the country.
Denise Abreu, ANAC's director of customer relations and aviation
services, turned in her resignation letter to Defense Minister
Nelson Jobim, said her spokesperson, Reuters reported.
Abreu reportedly became the target of public outrage when she
was photographed at a party smoking a cigar, just days after 154
people were killed when an Embraer Legacy bizjet collided with a Gol
airlines jet in mid-air last September.
Analysts are predicting her departure could open the doors for
other directors to follow. Critics have long charged President Luiz
Inacio Lula da Silva of having appointed friends to high ranking
posts within the aviation authority rather than people actually
knowledgeable and trained in aviation, according to Reuters.
Abreu said she was leaving for personal reasons. As ANN reported, the
beleaguered Brazilian President fired Defense Minister Waldir Pires
on July 25, and replaced him with former Supreme Court Chief
Justice Nelson Jobim.
Then, Reuters reported Jose Carlos Pereira, the head of
Infraero, Brazil's airports authority, was replaced by Sergio
Gaudenzi, the head of the Brazilian Space Agency.
Legislators investigating Brazil's aviation crisis have accused
ANAC of allowing far too many flights to depart and land at Sao
Paulo's Congonhas airport, where the TAM A320 skidded off a
rain-slicked runway and into a gas station, killing
199 people.
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