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New Zealand earthquake shuts down flights out of the country
« on: February 22, 2011, 12:43:23 PM »
By David Clark Scott, Staff / February 21, 2011
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Global-News/2011/0221/New-Zealand-earthquake-shuts-down-flights-out-of-the-country


New Zealand earthquake: Air traffic control operations for New Zealand are located in Christchurch, where the air traffic control building may have been damaged by Tuesday's earthquake. All international flights from New Zealand have been suspended.



An injured woman is carried to safety in Christchurch, New Zealand after at magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck Tuesday, Feb. 22.
AP Photo/TV3 via Associated Press Television News


All international flights out of New Zealand were canceled Tuesday afternoon after a magnitude 6.3 earthquake hit the South Island.

Auckland Airport spokesman Richard Llewellyn told the New Zealand Herald that the nation's entire airways system had been shut down shortly after the earthquake hit Christchurch, damaging downtown office buildings and trapping workers. TVNZ reports fatalities from two buses crushed by falling buildings.

"For the moment planes are landing but no planes are departing,'' Mr. Llewellyn told NZPA.

"The national air traffic control centre is in Christchurch, and they are checking to make sure it is all OK, and until then the airways system has been closed."

The Christchurch airport is closed until at least 7 p.m. local time and flights due to arrive there have been diverted to Auckland and Wellington airport.

Jetstar New Zealand announced that flights in and out of Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, and Queenstown have been suspended for the rest of the day.

Airways NZ, the state-owned enterprise that operates the nation's air traffic control system, is based in Christchurch and is reportedly trying to verify the status of its equipment. There are unconfirmed reports that the Airways building was also damaged.

Since the first quake hit at 12:51 p.m. local time, the New Zealand GNS Science reports a series of nine strong aftershocks, ranging from magnitude 3.4 to 5.7.

Some of the buildings may have been weakened by a magnitude 7.1 quake that struck the Christchurch area last September. And because this quake was relatively shallow, it may have caused more damage than the higher magnitude quake in September.

The New Zealand Herald quotes Roger Sutton, CEO of Orion New Zealand, a power company, that electricity is down across 80 percent of Christchurch, "This is much, much more serious than last time," says Mr. Sutton, "We have some major power assets that have been damaged by this quake."

Urban search and rescue crews are moving into the city, and Australia has offered to send assistance.

A Google page to help people locate family and friends has been set up here:

http://christchurch-2011.person-finder.appspot.com/


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Re: New Zealand earthquake shuts down flights out of the country
« Reply #1 on: February 22, 2011, 01:07:53 PM »
Also, a strong earthquake hits Manila Tuesday morning (today).

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Re: New Zealand earthquake shuts down flights out of the country
« Reply #2 on: February 22, 2011, 01:35:24 PM »
Also, a strong earthquake hits Manila Tuesday morning (today).

Mao ba? Mao ra tingaling linyaha sa fault or what.

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Re: New Zealand earthquake shuts down flights out of the country
« Reply #3 on: February 22, 2011, 01:53:48 PM »
Its a magnitude 4 eartquake. Hadlok kay milihok na pud ang buildings dire.

Sa New Zealand nga linog 18 na ang confirmed dead. Pagkaluoy. Hinaut nga dili unta mahitabo na dire sa Manila.

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Re: New Zealand earthquake shuts down flights out of the country
« Reply #4 on: February 22, 2011, 02:30:02 PM »
Sa New Zealand nga linog 18 na ang confirmed dead. Pagkaluoy. Hinaut nga dili unta mahitabo na dire sa Manila.

Tsk, tsk, tsk. For a country like New Zealand, that's quite a number.

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Re: New Zealand earthquake shuts down flights out of the country
« Reply #5 on: February 22, 2011, 02:31:13 PM »
Its a magnitude 4 eartquake. Hadlok kay milihok na pud ang buildings dire.

Hmm. Kon tua kas 20th floor and above, medyo tay-og jamo...

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Re: New Zealand earthquake shuts down flights out of the country
« Reply #6 on: February 22, 2011, 05:27:49 PM »
Tsk, tsk, tsk. For a country like New Zealand, that's quite a number.

The official toll now is at 65 casualties.

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Re: New Zealand earthquake shuts down flights out of the country
« Reply #7 on: February 22, 2011, 05:29:40 PM »
Hmm. Kon tua kas 20th floor and above, medyo tay-og jamo...

BIsan dia ra mi sa 10th floor lihok gihapon Bay Hubs. Hahahaha. Hadlok aho mga kauban hasta ko. Pastilan ug mabungkag ning building. Wa jud tawon makita naho ani. ;D

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Re: New Zealand earthquake shuts down flights out of the country
« Reply #8 on: February 22, 2011, 05:38:24 PM »
The official toll now is at 65 casualties.

Daghan pa ra ba kuno ang trapped under ruins...  :'(




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Re: New Zealand earthquake shuts down flights out of the country
« Reply #10 on: February 22, 2011, 05:40:50 PM »
BIsan dia ra mi sa 10th floor lihok gihapon Bay Hubs. Hahahaha. Hadlok aho mga kauban hasta ko. Pastilan ug mabungkag ning building. Wa jud tawon makita naho ani. ;D

Luklok lang ilawom sa imong lamesa, Bay Tigs...  8)

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« Reply #11 on: February 24, 2011, 02:27:44 PM »
New Zealand quake toll at 98 dead, 226 missing
Thursday, February 24, 2011


CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand — Hopes faded of finding more survivors Thursday in the collapsed downtown towers of New Zealand's quake-shattered Christchurch, as officials said the death toll rose to 98 with grave fears for more than 200 missing.

Police said up to 120 bodies may still lie trapped in the tangled concrete and steel that was the Canterbury Television or CTV building, where dozens of students from Japan, Thailand, China and other Asian countries were believed buried when an English-language school collapsed along with other offices.

The official death toll from Tuesday's 6.3-magnitude temblor stood at 98, Police Superintendent Dave Cliff said. An additional 226 people were listed as missing, and Prime Minister John Key said there were "grave fears" that many of them did not survive.

"We are very fearful tonight that the death toll could be much greater than any of us have ever feared," Key said, adding that there were dozens of "international people that are caught up in this tremendous tragedy.

Rescue efforts so far had focused on the CTV building and a handful of other major office complexes that crumbled downtown, but work at those sites was shifting to the recovery of bodies while the remaining rescue efforts fanned out further from the center of town.

Key has declared the quake a national disaster, and analysts estimate its cost at up to $12 billion. (AP)


http://www.sunstar.com.ph/breaking-news/new-zealand-quake-toll-98-dead-226-missing

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