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Tsunami rolls through Pacific, Sendai Airport under water, Tokyo Narita and Hawaiian Airports temporarily closed, Pacific region airports endangered
By Simon Hradecky, created Friday, Mar 11th 2011 09:24Z, last updated Friday, Mar 11th 2011 17:26Z
Japan's Sendai Airport (elevation 2 meters above sea level, partly up to 7 meters above sea level) was entirely under water after a massive Tsunami reported to be up to 15 meters (50 feet) high rolled through Sendai City following a 8.9 magnitude earthquake in the Pacific with the epicenter just 150km east of Sendai. People on the ground fled onto the roofs of the terminal buildings and into the control tower of Sendai Airport.
The Tsunami is expected to roll through the entire Pacific Area hitting as far as South America (Chile) within 24 hours after the earthquake, that happened at 05:46Z (14:46L). Islands across the Pacific, including Hawaii, are on alert and may be completely under water depending on terrain (especially the many atolls), airports across the Pacific may take hits by the Tsunami as well.
Tokyo's Narita Airport was closed for about 6 hours, too.
The Hawaiian Airports of Lihue, Honolulu, Kahului and Hilo have been temporarily closed due to the Tsumani, equipment has been moved onto higher ground. Western Hawaii has already seen Tsumani waves up to 13 feet (4 meters) high, Hawaii Main Island (most eastern island) later reported fish ending up on the streets.
A number of flights are being diverted as result of the Tsunami. Singapore Airlines are diverting their flight SQ-12 from Singapore to Tokyo Narita to Fukuoka (Japan), SQ-11 from Los Angeles to Tokyo Narita will divert to Tokyo Haneda. Two Jetstar flights from Australia to Japan, JQ-11 from Gold Coast to Tokyo Narita and JQ-25 from Cairns to Narita, diverted to Guam.
Relevant NOTAMs:
PHNL (Honolulu): 03/043 - SVC ASDE U/S. 11 MAR 18:00 2011 UNTIL 11 MAR 19:30 2011. CREATED: 11 MAR 10:38 2011
RJAA (Tokyo Narita): A1132/11 - AD-CLSD DUE TO EARTHQUAKE EXC/DEP,HEL,EMERG ACFT. 11 MAR 10:00 2011 UNTIL 11 MAR 14:00 2011 ESTIMATED. CREATED: 11 MAR 10:01 2011
RJAA (Tokyo Narita): A1129/11 - VOR PORTION OF NASU VOR/DME/NZE-U/S DUE TO TROUBLE. 11 MAR 09:09 2011 UNTIL UFN. CREATED: 11 MAR 09:11 2011
RJAA (Tokyo Narita): A1128/11 - LOW LVL WIND SHEAR ADVS (BY DOPPLER RADAR) NOT PROVIDED DUE TO TROUBLE. 11 MAR 08:57 2011 UNTIL UFN. CREATED: 11 MAR 08:59 2011
RJAA (Tokyo Narita): A1117/11 - AMI VOR/DME/TLE-U/S DUE TO TROUBLE. 11 MAR 06:34 2011 UNTIL UFN. CREATED: 11 MAR 06:36 2011
RJSS (Sendai): B1012/11 - SENDAI VOR/DME/SDE-U/S DUE TO TROUBLE. 11 MAR 09:10 2011 UNTIL UFN. CREATED: 11 MAR 09:11 2011
RJSS (Sendai): B1010/11 - MIYAKO VOR/DME/MQE-U/S DUE TO EARTHQUAKE TROUBLE. 11 MAR 08:34 2011 UNTIL UFN. CREATED: 11 MAR 08:34 2011
RJSS (Sendai): B1009/11 - AD-CLSD DUE TO EARTHQUAKE. 11 MAR 06:06 2011 UNTIL UFN. CREATED: 11 MAR 06:10 2011
RJTT (Tokyo Haneda): B1011/11 - APCH-GUIDANCE-LGT NO.6-2 FOR RWY 16L/16R-U/S DUE TO TROUBLE. 11 MAR 08:26 2011 UNTIL UFN. CREATED: 11 MAR 08:37 2011
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