Airport official: Runway not to blame for crash

A top aviation official denied that a short, slippery runway was to blame for Brazil’s worst air disaster.

A top aviation official denied that a short, slippery runway was to blame for Brazil’s worst air disaster.

At least 189 people were killed when a jetliner overshot its landing at Sao Paulo’s Congonhas airport, collided with a building and burst into flames.

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