TAM airlines canceled or diverted 90 flights Tuesday at Sao

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Today TAM airlines canceled or diverted 90 flights Tuesday at Sao Paulo's main airport.
Other airlines continued to fly in and out of Congonhas.
TAM canceled 68 domestic flights from Congonhas on Tuesday, stranding thousands of passengers, and diverted 22 other flights to Sao Paulo's international airport.

Brazil’s biggest airline said it made the decision for passenger safety because heavy rains that started yesterday were predicted to last until tomorrow.

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The head of Brazil's military branch responsible for air traffic control has been fired:

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