[ noun ] port city in northern Brazil in the Amazon delta; main port and commercial center for the Amazon River basin <noun.location>
The plane disappeared on the last leg of a regularly scheduled flight from the southeastern city of Sao Paulo to Belem, 2,140 miles northwest of Rio at the mouth of the Amazon River, Varig spokesman Gilberto Brito said.
A transportation official said the jet, which disappeared late Sunday en route to Belem, could not have landed in the jungle and probably crashed.
You learn to be versatile." The following morning, the Berlin would dock at Belem, 90 miles up the Amazon, where Gerd expected five tons of food to be winched aboard, "if the agent can locate it."
It was on the last leg of a regularly scheduled flight from the southeastern city of Sao Paulo to Belem.
On Sept. 3, another Boeing 737 belonging to Varig went off course and crashed in the Amazon jungle near Sao Jose do Xingu, about 1,100 miles from its intended destination of Belem at the mouth of the Amazon River.
The ferry was headed from Belem 2,070 miles north of Rio to the nearby island of Marajo, located near the mouth of the Amazon river.
Two hours after his scheduled arrival in Belem, he radioed the airport at Carajas, 600 miles from Belem, asking for permission to make an emergency landing.
Two hours after his scheduled arrival in Belem, he radioed the airport at Carajas, 600 miles from Belem, asking for permission to make an emergency landing.