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US: Winter Storm Causes Flight Disruptions At Indianapolis Airport

A major winter storm swept across the U.S. on Sunday, January 5, bringing heavy snow, ice, and strong winds, which led to the cancellation of more than 100 flights at Indianapolis International Airport.

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A major winter storm swept across the U.S. on Sunday, January 5, bringing heavy snow, ice, and strong winds, which led to the cancellation of more than 100 flights at Indianapolis International Airport.

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New Chitose Airport in northern Japan

Photo taken on May 1, 2024, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows New Chitose Airport in Hokkaido, northern Japan.

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New Chitose Airport in northern Japan

Photo taken on May 1, 2024, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows New Chitose Airport in Hokkaido, northern Japan.

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New Chitose Airport in northern Japan

Photo taken on May 1, 2024, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows New Chitose Airport in Hokkaido, northern Japan.

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New Chitose Airport in northern Japan

Photo taken on May 1, 2024, from a Kyodo News helicopter shows New Chitose Airport in Hokkaido, northern Japan.

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(FOCUS) JAPAN-TOKYO-AIRCRAFT-COLLISION

(240102) -- TOKYO, Jan. 2, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Firefighters work at the site of an aircraft collision at Haneda Airport in Tokyo, Japan, Jan. 2, 2024. One person aboard the Japan Coast Guard aircraft colliding with a Japan Airlines airplane at Tokyo's Haneda Airport was confirmed to have survived the incident on Tuesday, with the remaining five others currently unaccounted for, local media reported Tuesday. The coast guard plane was carrying relief goods for quake-hit areas in Niigata Prefecture after a series of temblors of up to 7.6 magnitude struck central Japan on Monday afternoon, public broadcaster NHK reported citing the Japan Coast Guard. Meanwhile, all 367 passengers and 12 crew members on board the Japan Airlines airplane that was in flames have evacuated, NHK reported. The Japan Airlines Flight 516 heading from New Chitose Airport in Hokkaido Prefecture to Tokyo's Haneda Airport collided with a Japan Coast Guard aircraft after landing at Haneda Airport, the report said. (Xinhua/Hu Xiaoge)

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(FOCUS) JAPAN-TOKYO-AIRCRAFT-COLLISION

(240102) -- TOKYO, Jan. 2, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Jan. 2, 2024 shows a Japan Airlines airplane caught in fire at Haneda Airport in Tokyo, Japan. One person aboard the Japan Coast Guard aircraft colliding with a Japan Airlines airplane at Tokyo's Haneda Airport was confirmed to have survived the incident on Tuesday, with the remaining five others currently unaccounted for, local media reported Tuesday. The coast guard plane was carrying relief goods for quake-hit areas in Niigata Prefecture after a series of temblors of up to 7.6 magnitude struck central Japan on Monday afternoon, public broadcaster NHK reported citing the Japan Coast Guard. Meanwhile, all 367 passengers and 12 crew members on board the Japan Airlines airplane that was in flames have evacuated, NHK reported. The Japan Airlines Flight 516 heading from New Chitose Airport in Hokkaido Prefecture to Tokyo's Haneda Airport collided with a Japan Coast Guard aircraft after landing at Haneda Airport, the report said. (Xinhua/Hu X

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(FOCUS) JAPAN-TOKYO-AIRCRAFT-COLLISION

(240102) -- TOKYO, Jan. 2, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Passengers, who are stranded due to airport runway closure, look at the site of an aircraft collision at the Haneda Airport in Tokyo, Japan, Jan. 2, 2024. One person aboard the Japan Coast Guard aircraft colliding with a Japan Airlines airplane at Tokyo's Haneda Airport was confirmed to have survived the incident on Tuesday, with the remaining five others currently unaccounted for, local media reported Tuesday. The coast guard plane was carrying relief goods for quake-hit areas in Niigata Prefecture after a series of temblors of up to 7.6 magnitude struck central Japan on Monday afternoon, public broadcaster NHK reported citing the Japan Coast Guard. Meanwhile, all 367 passengers and 12 crew members on board the Japan Airlines airplane that was in flames have evacuated, NHK reported. The Japan Airlines Flight 516 heading from New Chitose Airport in Hokkaido Prefecture to Tokyo's Haneda Airport collided with a Japan Coast Guard aircraft after landing at Haned

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JAPAN-TOKYO-AIRCRAFT-COLLISION

(240102) -- TOKYO, Jan. 2, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Jan. 2, 2024 shows a Japan Airlines airplane caught in fire at Haneda Airport in Tokyo, Japan. All 379 passengers and crew members on board a Japan Airlines airplane that was caught in fire at Tokyo's Haneda Airport have evacuated, local media reported Tuesday. The airplane, flight 516 from New Chitose Airport in Hokkaido Prefecture to Tokyo's Haneda Airport, collided with what appears to be a Japan Coast Guard aircraft after landing at Haneda Airport, public broadcaster NHK reported, citing Japan Airlines. (Xinhua/Yue Chenxing)

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All 379 on board evacuated from aircraft in flames at Tokyo's Haneda Airport: NHK

STORY: All 379 on board evacuated from aircraft in flames at Tokyo's Haneda Airport: NHK SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 2, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 2, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:08 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: BREAKING SHOTLIST: 1. various of the airplane that was caught in fire at Tokyo's Haneda Airport STORYLINE: All 379 passengers and crew members on board a Japan Airlines airplane that was caught in fire at Tokyo's Haneda Airport have evacuated, local media reported Tuesday. The airplane, flight 516 from New Chitose Airport in Hokkaido Prefecture to Tokyo's Haneda Airport, collided with what appears to be a Japan Coast Guard aircraft after landing at Haneda Airport, public broadcaster NHK reported, citing Japan Airlines. Firefighters are extinguishing the flames, it said. NHK footage showed a large burst of fire erupting from a side of the Japan Airlines plane as it taxied on a runway and soon the blaze engulfed the aircraft. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Tokyo. (XHTV)

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Alpinist aiming to complete 7 highest peaks in 7 continents

SAPPORO, Japan - Alpinist Nobukazu Kuriki leaves New Chitose Airport in Hokkaido on Aug. 17, 2010, for Nepal to climb Mt. Everest. By scaling Mt. Everest, Kuriki will have climbed the seven highest mountains in the seven continents.

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Alpinist aiming to complete 7 highest peaks in 7 continents

SAPPORO, Japan - Alpinist Nobukazu Kuriki leaves New Chitose Airport in Hokkaido on Aug. 17, 2010, for Nepal to climb Mt. Everest. By scaling Mt. Everest, Kuriki will have climbed the seven highest mountains in the seven continents.

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Int'l anime festival starts at New Chitose Airport

SAPPORO, Japan - A character figure is on display at New Chitose Airport in Hokkaido on Oct. 31, 2014, as an international animation festival started at the airport in Japan's northernmost main island the same day.

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ANA resumes commercial flights using Boeing 787s

SAPPORO, Japan - Photo taken on May 26, 2013, shows an All Nippon Airways Co. Boeing 787 Dreamliner just before taking off from New Chitose airport in Hokkaido, northern Japan, for Tokyo's Haneda airport. It was ANA's first commercial flight using a Boeing 787 Dreamliner jet since the aircraft was grounded worldwide in January due to a series of battery problems.

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ANA resumes commercial flights using Boeing 787s

SAPPORO, Japan - Photo taken on May 26, 2013, shows an All Nippon Airways Co. Boeing 787 Dreamliner ready to take off from New Chitose airport in Hokkaido, northern Japan, for Tokyo's Haneda airport. It was ANA's first commercial flight using a Boeing 787 Dreamliner jet since the aircraft was grounded worldwide in January due to a series of battery problems.

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ANA resumes commercial flights using Boeing 787s

SAPPORO, Japan - An All Nippon Airways Co. Boeing 787 Dreamliner takes off from New Chitose airport in Hokkaido, northern Japan, for Tokyo's Haneda airport on May 26, 2013. It was ANA's first commercial flight using a Boeing 787 Dreamliner jet since the aircraft was grounded worldwide in January due to a series of battery problems.

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JAL budget carrier's 1st flight

NARITA, Japan - Jetstar Japan Co. employees perform a star jump as they see off the first flight of the budget airline funded by Japan Airlines Co., from the carrier's base at Narita airport near Tokyo on July 3, 2012, for New Chitose Airport in Hokkaido, northern Japan.

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JAL budget carrier's 1st flight

NARITA, Japan - The first flight of Jetstar Japan Co., a budget airline funded by Japan Airlines Co., leaves the carrier's base at Narita airport near Tokyo on July 3, 2012, for New Chitose Airport in Hokkaido, northern Japan.

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JAL budget carrier's 1st flight

NARITA, Japan - The first flight of Jetstar Japan Co., a budget airline funded by Japan Airlines Co., leaves the carrier's base at Narita airport near Tokyo on July 3, 2012, for New Chitose Airport in Hokkaido, northern Japan.

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Japan's LCC Peach Aviation commences operation

KANSAI AIRPORT, Japan - Peach Aviation Ltd. staff greet passengers of the first flight of the Japanese low-cost carrier for New Chitose airport near Sapporo, at Kansai International Airport in Osaka Prefecture at 6:48 a.m. on March 1, 2012.

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Japan's LCC Peach Aviation commences operation

KANSAI AIRPORT, Japan - Peach Aviation Ltd. CEO Shinichi Inoue (2nd from R) speaks at Kansai International Airport in Osaka Prefecture at 6:02 a.m. on March 1, 2012, before the first flight of the Japanese low-cost carrier leaves the airport for New Chitose airport near Sapporo.

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Japan's LCC Peach Aviation commences operation

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter at 7:30 a.m. on March 1, 2012, shows the first flight of Japanese low-cost carrier Peach Aviation Ltd., which is taking off from Kansai International Airport in Osaka Prefecture for New Chitose airport near Sapporo.

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Japan's LCC Peach Aviation commences operation

KANSAI AIRPORT, Japan - Passengers embark on the first flight of Japanese low-cost carrier Peach Aviation Ltd. for New Chitose airport near Sapporo, at Kansai International Airport in Osaka Prefecture at 6:51 a.m. on March 1, 2012.

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Return home from Haiti mission

CHITOSE, Japan - Members of the Ground Self-Defense Force meet colleagues and relatives as they arrived at New Chitose Airport in Hokkaido, northern Japan, upon return from a reconstruction mission in quake-hit Haiti on Aug. 19, 2010, for rotation.

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Return home from Haiti mission

CHITOSE, Japan - Members of the Ground Self-Defense Force meet colleagues and relatives as they arrived at New Chitose Airport in Hokkaido, northern Japan, upon return from a reconstruction mission in quake-hit Haiti on Aug. 19, 2010, for rotation.

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Japan Airlines files for court protection

TOKYO, Japan - A screen in a Japan Airlines plane bound for Tokyo's Haneda airport from New Chitose Airport in Hokkaido shows a news program on JAL's filing for bankruptcy protection on Jan. 19, 2010.

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Investigators examine hole on golf course in Hokkaido

SAPPORO, Japan - Investigators on April 3 examine a hole into which a 38-year-old woman from Sapporo fell and died the previous day while playing golf with her husband and their children at the Le Petaw Golf Club in Abira in Hokkaido, some 20 kilometers from New Chitose Airport.

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Blizzard hits Japan's Hokkaido

SAPPORO, Japan - Pedestrians quicken their pace walking across a street Feb. 21 in Sapporo, the capital city of Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido, which was hit by a blizzard since morning. The storm forced Hokkaido Railway Co., or JR Hokkaido, to suspend more than 200 trains in the island and airline companies to cancel more than 50 domestic flights at New Chitose Airport.

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Indian premier arrives in Hokkaido for G-8 summit meeting

CHITOSE, Japan - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrives at New Chitose Airport in Hokkaido on July 7 for a meeting between the leaders of the Group of Eight nations and emerging economies at Windsor Hotel Toya in Toyako, Hokkaido.

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Hu Jintao arrives in Hokkaido for G-8 summit meeting

CHITOSE, Japan - A motorcade carrying Chinese President Hu Jintao passes crowds of flag-waving well-wishers on his arrival at New Chitose Airport in Hokkaido for a meeting between the leaders of the Group of Eight nations and emerging economies at Windsor Hotel Toya in Toyako, Hokkaido. The banner, in Chinese, reads: ''President Hu, we welcome you.''

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Hu Jintao arrives in Hokkaido for G-8 summit meeting

CHITOSE, Japan - Chinese President Hu Jintao arrives at New Chitose Airport in Hokkaido on July 7 for a meeting between the leaders of the Group of Eight nations and emerging economies at Windsor Hotel Toya in Toyako, Hokkaido.

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French President Sarkozy arrives in Japan for G-8 summit

CHITOSE, Japan - French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrives at New Chitose Airport in Hokkaido to attend the Group of Eight summit in the town of Toyako. (Pool photo)

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British Prime Minister Brown arrives in Japan for G-8 summit

CHITOSE, Japan - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and his wife Sarah Brown arrive at New Chitose Airport in Hokkaido to attend the Group of Eight summit in the town of Toyako. (Pool photo)

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Russia's Medvedev arrives in Hokkaido to attend G-8 summit

CHITOSE, Japan - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev arrives at New Chitose Airport in Hokkaido on July 6 to attend the Group of Eight summit in the town of Toyako, Hokkaido.

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Barroso arrives in Hokkaido to attend G-8 summit

CHITOSE, Japan - European Commission President Jose Manuel Durao Barroso arrives at New Chitose Airport in Hokkaido on July 6 to attend the Group of Eight summit in the town of Toyako, Hokkaido.

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Bush arrives in Hokkaido to attend G-8 summit

CHITOSE, Japan - U.S. President George W. Bush (R in center, front) and his wife Laura (L in center, front) pose for photos with schoolchildren who welcomed them at New Chitose Airport in Hokkaido on July 6. Bush is in Japan to attend the Group of Eight summit at the Lake Toya resort area on Japan's northernmost main island.

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Bush arrives in Hokkaido to attend G-8 summit

CHITOSE, Japan - U.S. President George W. Bush (R in front) and his wife Laura (C in background) talk to children who welcomed them after arriving at New Chitose Airport in Hokkaido on July 6 to attend the Group of Eight summit at the Lake Toya resort area on Japan's northernmost main island. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Bush arrives in Hokkaido to attend G-8 summit

CHITOSE, Japan - U.S. President George W. Bush (R in front) and his wife Laura (next to him) smile as they are presented with flowers from schoolchildren after arriving at New Chitose Airport in Hokkaido on July 6 to attend the Group of Eight summit at the Lake Toya resort area on Japan's northernmost main island. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Fukuda heads to G-8 summit venue

CHITOSE, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda and his wife Kiyoko arrive at New Chitose Airport in Hokkaido on July 6 en route to the venue of the Group of Eight summit at the Lake Toya resort area of the northernmost Japanese island.

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Bush arrives in Hokkaido to attend G-8 summit

CHITOSE, Japan - U.S. President George W. Bush and his wife Laura arrive at New Chitose Airport in Hokkaido on July 6 to attend the Group of Eight summit at the Lake Toya resort area on Japan's northernmost main island.

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Fukuda heads to G-8 summit venue

CHITOSE, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda and his wife Kiyoko arrive at New Chitose Airport in Hokkaido on July 6 en route to the venue of the Group of Eight summit at the Lake Toya resort area of the northernmost Japanese island.

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Antiterror drill at Chitose airport, gateway to 2008 G-8 summit

SAPPORO, Japan - Members of a police bomb disposal unit remove a mock explosive device from the departure lobby at New Chitose Airport outside Sapporo on Oct. 29 in an antiterrorism drill held as part of security preparations for the 2008 Group of Eight Summit at the Lake Toya resort in Hokkaido. New Chitose Airport will be used by most dignitaries attending the G-8 summit.

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Emperor, empress arrive in Hokkaido

SAPPORO, Japan - Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko speak with people on arrival at New Chitose airport to attend an academic conference and other events on Sept. 5.

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Emperor, empress arrive in Hokkaido

SAPPORO, Japan - Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko arrive at New Chitose airport on Sept. 5 to attend an academic conference and other events to be held in Sapporo, central Hokkaido.

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Man who returned to Japan from Russia after 67 years leaves for home

SAPPORO, Japan - Yoshiteru Nakagawa, 79, a Japanese man who remained on Sakhalin Island after World War II and returned to Japan on July 2 for the first time in 67 years, gives a banzai as he leaves New Chitose airport for his current home in Russia's southern republic of Kamlykiya on July 16.

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Japanese living in Russia returns to Japan for 1st time in 67 yrs

SAPPORO, Japan - Yoshiteru Nakagawa (L), 79, a Japanese man who remained in Sakhalin after World War II and currently lives in southern Russia, has his tears wiped off by his 60-year-old sister Tomiko Orui on arriving at New Chitose Airport in Hokkaido to make a temporary visit to Japan for the first time in 67 years on July 2.

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Japanese living in Russia returns to Japan for 1st time in 67 yrs

SAPPORO, Japan - Yoshiteru Nakagawa, 79, a Japanese man who remained in Sakhalin after World War II and currently lives in southern Russia, holds his sister Tomiko Orui, 60, in tears at New Chitose Airport in Hokkaido on returning to Japan for a temporary visit for the first time in 67 years on July 2.

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Japan Airlines told to ground passenger plane to redo inspection

TOKYO, Japan - The transport ministry ordered Japan Airlines on March 23 to ground for further inspection a passenger aircraft that flew for 10 days without required checks, after the ministry found JAL's earlier inspection on the plane did not conform to official norms. Photo shows JAL ground crew checking the main landing gear of an MD-87 with an inspector (R, front) at New Chitose Airport in Hokkaido.

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(2)JAL plane loses 2 nose wheel tires in landing at Haneda

TOKYO, Japan - Engineers check the nose gear of a Japan Air Lines Boeing 767 plane at Tokyo's Haneda airport on June 15. The rubber tires came off the plane's two nose wheels upon landing at the airport after a flight from New Chitose Airport in Hokkaido.