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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) - Authorities beefed up security at airports across Brazil on Thursday to protect airline workers from fist-waving passengers angered by flight delays, the latest problem to hit the country's aviation system.
Passengers shouted and tried to storm ticket counters at Brazil's airports to demand transfers to other flights Wednesday night. The problems continued Thursday, with more than 400 of 1,100 flights scheduled between midnight and 3 p.m. delayed for more than an hour and about 100 others canceled, according to Infraero, the nation's airport authority.
The Air Force, which oversees Brazil's air traffic control system, issued a statement blaming the delays on problems with radar screens and a communications link failure.
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