Nightly News   |  April 13, 2011

Sendai airport lands first planes

A small sense of hope sprouts in Japan as the first passenger planes landed today at Sendai airport. The city was left heavily damaged by the March 11th earthquake, and its airport is expected to be running at full speed in another six months.

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>> glimmer of hopeful news from japan tonight at long last. the first passenger plane since the march 11th earthquake and nomy landed today at sendai airport . this is sabig deal because it's the same airport we watched a month ago during the water rushing across the tarmac at high speed . the facility suffered high damage, and mind you, it will be another six weeks or so before it's all back open and up to full speed.