All flights from Miyazaki airport (southern Japan) were canceled on Wednesday after an explosion occurred in the taxiing area leading to the runway and part of the asphalt collapsed. collapsed, the Japanese Transport Ministry reported.
According to the said portfolio, The collapsed area was discovered on Wednesday morning.which forced the airport operator to close the runway, with no indication of injuries.
Around 8:10 a.m. local time (1:10 a.m. Spanish peninsular time), local firefighters were informed of an explosion heard near the airfield. Police asked airport staff to evacuate the area.
The Japan Self-Defense Forces (Army), for its part, sent an explosive detection and disposal unit to the airport to investigate the event.
The Ministry of Transport indicated that A hole approximately 7 meters in diameter and one meter deep was discovered in the traffic lane..
In a video taken by the public channel NHKIt can be seen that part of the taxiway leading to the landing zone had come loose and that pieces of asphalt remained scattered in the area.
According to the airport’s website, at least 26 flights departing from the airport and another 25 landing were canceled, most of them domestic flights to or from major Japanese cities like Tokyo, Osaka or Nagoya, while only one international flight would be canceled. cancellation, this one to Seoul.
In the Miyazaki Airport areabuilt in 1943 on a former Imperial Japanese Navy airfield, Many unexploded bombs used during World War II have been found.according to local media.
In 2011, two bombs of 50 and 250 kilos were found on one of the traffic routes, believed to have been dropped by the US army during the conflict, while in 2009 another explosive was found during roadworks. construction near the airport.
