World Cup in Brazil......scary thought!!!!!

Aberdeen Shrimper · Feb 4, 2008

Fifa, football's world governing body has awarded the 2014 tournament to Brazil.....a brave move, considering that Brazil's justice ministry has recorded 150 murders per day in Brazil, and the state of Brazil's aviation industry is less than reliable.

Currently it only takes a brief thunderstorm in Sao Paulo to knock out Brazil's domestic air system. Congonhas airport must shut during storms, which has a domino effect.

Two major crashes occurred in the past 13 months:

Gol-In September last year- 155 people died when a Boeing 737-800 operated by domestic company Gol collided with an executive jet

Tam-In July,- 187 people were killed when an Airbus A320 overshot the runway at Congonhas.

President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is quoted as saying "Our aviation system, in spite of the investments we have made in expansion and modernisation, is passing through difficulties."

Would you go????

canveyshrimper · Feb 4, 2008

Aberdeen Shrimper said:
Fifa, football's world governing body has awarded the 2014 tournament to Brazil.....a brave move, considering that Brazil's justice ministry has recorded 150 murders per day in Brazil, and the state of Brazil's aviation industry is less than reliable.

Currently it only takes a brief thunderstorm in Sao Paulo to knock out Brazil's domestic air system. Congonhas airport must shut during storms, which has a domino effect.

Two major crashes occurred in the past 13 months:

Gol-In September last year- 155 people died when a Boeing 737-800 operated by domestic company Gol collided with an executive jet

Tam-In July,- 187 people were killed when an Airbus A320 overshot the runway at Congonhas.

President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is quoted as saying "Our aviation system, in spite of the investments we have made in expansion and modernisation, is passing through difficulties."

Would you go????

I think the murder rate in South Africa is pretty high, so I am not sure if that is anything to go by.

In view of the FIFA rotational system I think that Brazil was the only serious bid from South America for 2014. I must say I would love to go to Brazil, but in view of your stats I will start looking for my passage by sea now.