Pouso forçado

by Daniel Leb Sasaki

In POUSO FORÇADO, Daniel Sasaki accounts details on the tragedy of Panair do Brasil, its owners and employees. He also describes the achievements of Brazil's pioneer airline, both domestically and internationally. All violated, robbed and destroyed. The author shows that the military government instated by a coup did not sympathize with the Brazilian shareholders who nationalized the Pan American subsidiary, then Brazil's largest and most famous company, and wanted to benefit Ruben Berta, president of Varig, then a secondary carrier in Brazilian aviation. When the government revoked Panair's rights to operate, Varig had an aircraft standing by at the tamac to immediatelly resume the former competitor's canceled flights. Ruben Berta had been informed of Panair's shutdown before the company itself and the government's official statements were made public. The book made it to the finalists of Prêmio Jabuti, Brazil's most important literature award, in 2006, under the category "Report".