The massive £15bn airport used by 30m travellers every year that's sinking
A massive £15bn airport hailed as an incredible feat of engineering faces a significant challenge - it's sinking, and at an ...
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The Airport Is Sinking
Like dozens of airports already built on land reclaimed from water, those airports will sink. The only question is how fast. The Kansai International Airport, serving the Japanese city of Osaka ...
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Flooding Reveals Risks at Kansai Airport
The ground under Kansai International Airport has sunk nearly 4 meters over the years. Built on reclaimed land, it was predicted to sink, but not that fast. Hokkaido University Professor Yoichi ...
朝日新聞社4y
Kansai Airport sees passenger numbers plunge to record low
IZUMISANO, Osaka Prefecture--A record-low 6.55 million passengers passed through the gates at Kansai International Airport here in 2020, a year-on-year plunge of 79 percent caused by the COVID-19 ...
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The massive £15bn airport used by 30m travellers every year that’s sinking
A massive £15bn airport hailed as an incredible feat of engineering faces a significant challenge - it's sinking, and at an alarming rate. Accommodating 30 million travellers a year, Kansai ...