Two Flights Were Canceled at Brasília Airport on Friday Morning Due to an Accident at Rio De Janeiro's Santos Dumont

On Thursday (Aug 27), 10 flights were canceled. The cancellations occurred after a small jet ran off the runway at Santos Dumont Airport on Thursday afternoon, interrupting operations at the Rio de Janeiro terminal. The canceled flights in Brasília had Santos Dumont Airport as their origin or destination.

Operations in Rio de Janeiro were normalized around 7 a.m. on Friday. Santos Dumont Airport reopened after the jet that left the runway was removed.