Airport vital lifeline to relief effort
By Xin Dingding | China Daily | Updated: 2010-04-15 08:19
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Personnel from the China International Earthquake Rescue Team arrive at the Yushu Batang Airport at 8 pm on Wednesday. The airport reopened at noon on Wednesday to help rescue workers and supplies quickly reach the disaster-hit zone. Liao Pan / China News Service |
BEIJING - Yushu Batang Airport, 30 km away from the epicenter of the quake in Jiegu town, reopened at noon on Wednesday, providing a fast route for rescue workers and supplies to arrive in the region, a civil aviation spokeswoman said.
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