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Sat, 03/12/2011 - 18:07
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Post-quake transport disruption continues, over 400 flights canceled
TOKYO (Kyodo) - Land and air transportation remained disrupted in Japan on Saturday with over 400 flights canceled, many trains suspended and many highways closed due to a powerful earthquake that struck the northeastern and eastern regions.
A total of 464 flights, including those arriving and departing at the flooded Sendai airport in Miyagi Prefecture, were canceled, according to the Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Ministry.
All Nippon Airways and Japan Airlines also cancelled domestic flights at Haneda airport in Tokyo, affecting more than 25,000 passengers. Ibaraki and Hanamaki airports were also closed due to serious quake-triggered damage to their facilities, the ministry said.
A total of seven JAL and ANA airplanes suffered damage when the earthquake jolted Japan on Friday afternoon. More than 30 international flights operated by the two Japanese airlines were canceled at Haneda and Narita airports.
East Japan Railway Co. resumed bullet train services on the Joetsu and Nagano Shinkansen lines. But the company, known as JR East, said it is still not known when they can resume services on the Tohoku, Yamagata and Akita Shinkansen lines.
Most train operations in the Tokyo metropolitan area resumed Saturday morning, including JR East's Tokaido, Keihin Tohoku and Yamanote lines but with less frequency of trains.
Some expressways including Aomori, Tohoku, Hachinohe, Akita, Tohoku Chuo and Joban remained closed but emergency vehicles can use them. Five bridges on Route 45 connecting Aomori and Sendai were washed away by tsunami. Roads in quake-hit areas in Niigata and Nagano prefectures were also closed for fear of avalanches and tsunami.
A total of 464 flights, including those arriving and departing at the flooded Sendai airport in Miyagi Prefecture, were canceled, according to the Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Ministry.
All Nippon Airways and Japan Airlines also cancelled domestic flights at Haneda airport in Tokyo, affecting more than 25,000 passengers. Ibaraki and Hanamaki airports were also closed due to serious quake-triggered damage to their facilities, the ministry said.
A total of seven JAL and ANA airplanes suffered damage when the earthquake jolted Japan on Friday afternoon. More than 30 international flights operated by the two Japanese airlines were canceled at Haneda and Narita airports.
East Japan Railway Co. resumed bullet train services on the Joetsu and Nagano Shinkansen lines. But the company, known as JR East, said it is still not known when they can resume services on the Tohoku, Yamagata and Akita Shinkansen lines.
Most train operations in the Tokyo metropolitan area resumed Saturday morning, including JR East's Tokaido, Keihin Tohoku and Yamanote lines but with less frequency of trains.
Some expressways including Aomori, Tohoku, Hachinohe, Akita, Tohoku Chuo and Joban remained closed but emergency vehicles can use them. Five bridges on Route 45 connecting Aomori and Sendai were washed away by tsunami. Roads in quake-hit areas in Niigata and Nagano prefectures were also closed for fear of avalanches and tsunami.
