For the last 2 hours I have been researching all routes from GIG, GRU, EZE, SCL and LIM (the largest airports in South America) into Miami, Atlanta, Charlotte, Washington-Dulles and JFK. My conclusion was that it was impossible to get form Rio starting at midnight at reported in a Tweet to GRU in time to get either of these flight schedules:
AA998 0110 0630 actual dep. 1043 9.6 hours late , arrival expected 1547 9.3 hours late
AA930 0205 0735 actual dep. 0336 2.5 hours late, arrival 0936 2 hours late
The latest connecting flight from Rio was:
G31631 GIG GRU 2230 0001+1
So, how is it possible to teams to be spotted at that hotel at midnight and get to Sao Paulo airport within one to two hours. Inquiring minds want to know. The most obvious explanation is that the timing of the Tweet was off by a few hours.