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Old Mar 11, 2011 | 3:48 am
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Originally Posted by railroadtycoon
Sendai Airport appears to have been wiped out. The news helichopters show a lot of cars, buses, vans surrounding the airport terminal but no planes seen anywhere.
No, Sendai Airport appears to have been badly flooded, but the terminal buildings etc are intact and no casualties reported. (Yet?) I'm sure it'll be closed for a while as they sort out the mess, but it's not like they will have to rebuild it from scratch.

http://www.ausbt.com.au/sendai-airpo...pan-earthquake
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