"john smith" wrote in message ...
: What I want to know is, why aren't the press riding in airliners
: overflying the area of interest and reporting on whether or not the
: crews are able to communicate and be seen on radar? Instead, they are
: only reporting what the controllers and the Brazilian functionaries are
: telling them about conditions in the area.



From what I undersand there is very liitle freedom of the press in Brazil...