[2] According to weather reports, there was a stationary cold front between Porto Alegre and Florianópolis, causing heavy turbulence and light rain in the capital of Rio Grande do Sul.

[citation needed] At the time of the accident, many flights were directed to Canoas Air Base because it had long, paved runways capable of accommodating large aircraft like the Constellation, but it operated only under visual conditions.

[3] The shock generated by the disaster was such that the São João Airfield was renamed Salgado Filho Airport, and the improvement works that had been halted during World War II were resumed.

Two days after the incident, politician Joaquim Pedro Salgado Filho died in another air accident in Rio Grande do Sul, having not boarded Flight 099 due to a lack of seats.

[citation needed] Composers Fernando Lobo and Paulo Soledade wrote the song "Zum-zum," in honor of "Comandante Edu," performed by Dalva de Oliveira at the 1951 Carnival.