By STAN LEHMAN SAO PAULO, Brazil - The head of Brazil's airport authority is being replaced in response to the nation's worst aviation disaster, a Defense Ministry spokeswoman said on Saturday.

By Vivian Sequera Associated Press BRASILIA, Brazil -- The air force helicopter pilots who spotted what was left of a jetliner that crashed in the dense Amazon rain forest found no way to land, and no reason for hope.

By STAN LEHMAN in Sao Paulo HOPES of finding survivors on a plane that crashed in the Amazon rainforest with 155 people on board were dashed yesterday.

Military helicopters lowered a rescue team by rope Saturday into the remote Amazon jungle site where an airliner slammed into the ground, but authorities held out little hope of finding survivors among the 155 people on board.

By VIVIAN SEQUERA BRASILIA, Brazil - Military helicopters lowered a rescue team by rope Saturday into the remote Amazon jungle site where an airliner slammed into the ground, but authorities held out little hope of finding survivors among the 155 people on board.