Bamboo wheelchair unveiled at Haneda airport

TOKYO, Japan - Former Hanshin Tigers player Norihiro Akahoshi (C) speaks behind a wheelchair made primarily of bamboo at Haneda airport in Tokyo on Dec. 21, 2010. The wheelchair, developed by Japan Airlines Corp. and two other organizations, is designed to go through metal detectors at airports without triggering an alarm for cutting time and effort during body checks. Akahoshi financially contributed to the project.

• Product Code
• ILEA001155312

• Registered date
• 2010/12/21 00:00:00

• Credit
• Kyodo / Kyodo News Images

• Media source
• 2010 Kyodo News

• Media size
• 1303 × 1751 pixel

• Resolution
• 240 dpi

• Deployment size
• 702.68(KB)*

• Special instruction

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