Viru Viru exits were restricted for 7 hours due to smoke

Departures at the Viru Viru International Airport in Santa Cruz were temporarily suspended for seven hours. This Monday, the Takeoff operations, which had been suspended at 6:28, were resumed at 1:30 p.m.reported Elmer Pozo, director of Bolivian Air Navigation and Airports (Naabol). Smoke generated by forest fires reduced visibility.

The rules and regulations require visibility of 1,600 meters to ensure flight safety, during aircraft takeoff.

This temporary suspension affected five international flights, Well informed; the destinations: Guarulhos (Sao Paulo), Ezeiza (Buenos Aires), Panama and Madrid, while the airlines affected were Boliviana de Aviación, Copa Airlines and Gol.

As for the Domestic flights were affected by BoA with flights whose destinations were Cochabamba, La Paz and Tarija.

This Monday the 7th, the Air Quality Index in Santa Cruz registered 393, that is, extremely bad. This has caused classes to change to remote mode for the next two days.