Big cement block falls in bullet-train tunnel

Big cement block falls in bullet-train tunnel

FUKUOKA, Japan - A big block of cement falls from the tunnel wall on the Sanyo Shinkansen Line in Fukuoka Prefecture, western Japan, causing a halt between Hakata and Hiroshima in the morning of Oct. 9. The block measuring about 3 meters in length, 50 centimeters in width and 20 cm in thickness was found in Kita-Kyushu Tunnel.

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