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Special maintenance at Osaka airport

Osaka, Japan - Structural intervention to face its worrying gradual sinking

"Kansai" Airport in Osaka keeps on sinking more than it had been foreseen. According to Japanese press, the six steel pillars sustaining three connection freeways have slanted 1.5 degrees, confirming signals of worrying settlement that are taking place on the artificial island on which the entire airport structure was built. According to the air station management, there is no immediate risk of pillar...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 147888
Rome, Italy, 08/31/2006 13:51
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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