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Old Mar 10, 2011, 11:58 pm
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BREAKING NEWS - Massive Earthquake in Japan - All Tokyo airports shut down

As titled.
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Old Mar 11, 2011, 12:24 am
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One of many news links:

http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/as....quake/?hpt=T1

Sounds horrible.
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Old Mar 11, 2011, 12:54 am
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WOW! I am watching Fox News and I am shocked... Thank God the Tsunami wasn't in Tokyo....
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Old Mar 11, 2011, 1:57 am
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Unhappy

Just a disaster!
my thoughts are with the people of Japan.
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Old Mar 11, 2011, 2:09 am
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Were any of you inbound in the air when this happened? Check out the following flight status example:

Flight 837
Arrived at Gate
More details Dallas/Ft Worth, TX (DFW)
Thu, Mar 10
Scheduled: 7:01 AM
Actual: 6:59 AM On Time
Reason: --
Gate: E6
San Francisco, CA (SFO)
Thu, Mar 10
Scheduled: 9:01 AM
Actual: 8:52 AM Early
Reason: --
terminal 3 concourse f
Gate: 74
Baggage claim: 3
Flight 837
Cancelled
More details Nagoya, Japan (NGO)
--
Scheduled:
Estimated: Cancelled
Reason: Operations
Gate: --
Narita, Japan (NRT)
Fri, Mar 11
Scheduled: 3:40 PM
Estimated: Cancelled
Reason: Operations
Gate: --
Baggage claim: --
Flight 837
Diverted
More details San Francisco, CA (SFO)
Thu, Mar 10
Scheduled: 11:36 AM
Actual: 11:39 AM Delayed
Reason: Operations
Gate: --
OKO
Fri, Mar 11
Scheduled:
Actual: 4:24 PM Rerouted
Reason: Operations
Gate: --
Baggage claim: --
Flight 837
Not Departed
More details OKO
Thu, Mar 10
Scheduled: 11:36 AM
Estimated: 5:30 PM Delayed
Reason: Operations
Gate: --
Osaka, Japan (KIX)
--
Scheduled:
Estimated: 6:41 PM Extra Stop
Reason: Operations
Gate: --
Baggage claim: --
Flight 837
Cancelled
More details Osaka, Japan (KIX)
--
Scheduled:
Estimated: Cancelled
Reason: Operations
Gate: --
Nagoya, Japan (NGO)
--
Scheduled:
Estimated: Cancelled
Reason: Operations
Gate: --
Baggage claim: --
Flight 837
Not Departed
More details Narita, Japan (NRT)
Fri, Mar 11
Scheduled: 7:20 PM
Estimated: 7:20 PM On Time
Reason: --
terminal 1
Gate: 33
Taipei, Taiwan (TPE)
Fri, Mar 11
Scheduled: 10:30 PM
Estimated: 11:59 PM Delayed
Reason: --
Gate: D7
Baggage claim: --
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Old Mar 11, 2011, 2:34 am
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List of Diversions here
http://airlineroute.net/
Very big list.
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Old Mar 11, 2011, 4:24 am
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Several threads on the Japan forum already:

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/japan...u-guys-ok.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/japan...ast-japan.html (note that the first few posts talk about yesterday's minor quake before the biggie today)
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Old Mar 11, 2011, 12:58 pm
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Active thread in Newsstand: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/newss...its-japan.html

and another in the Travel->Hawaii forum. http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/hawai...port-here.html
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Old Mar 11, 2011, 1:07 pm
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Active threads in some airline forums, as well.
Here is Delta's.

United forum thread: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unite...rations-6.html

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Old Mar 11, 2011, 3:52 pm
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http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2...-japan/100022/

#28 Sendai Airport completely flooded.
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Old Mar 11, 2011, 6:59 pm
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I heard patrons at Disneyland Tokyo and Disneysea are staying in their hotels tonite until further notice.. Theme parks are ok, but lots of flooding in parking lots and roadways.
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