CHINA/JAPAN: Rescue team leaves Beijing and arrives in Japan where local media predicts at least 1,800 people are dead or missing after country's biggest earthquake on record

Record ID: 1403467

  • Title: CHINA/JAPAN: Rescue team leaves Beijing and arrives in Japan where local media predicts at least 1,800 people are dead or missing after country's biggest earthquake on record
  • Date: 14th March 2011
  • Summary: TOKYO, JAPAN (MARCH 13, 2011) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF CHINESE RESCUE TEAM COMING OUT OF TERMINAL ENTRANCE JAPANESE FOREIGN MINISTRY OFFICIALS GREETING THE TEAM CHINA RESCUE LOGO ON BACK OF TEAM MEMBER'S JACKET CHINESE REPORTERS AND RESCUE TEAM MORE OF FOREIGN MINISTRY OFFICIAL BOWING AND THANKING THE TEAM CHINA RESCUE TEAM GETTING INTO CAR
  • Embargoed: 29th March 2011 01:08
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  • Location: Japan, China
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  • Country: Japan China
  • Topics: International Relations,Disasters / Accidents / Natural catastrophes
  • Reuters ID: LVA3EKSVDUWBP23FHFWNWMAANU1Z
  • Aspect Ratio: 4:3
  • Story Text: A Chinese rescue team left Beijing early on Sunday (March 13) morning for Japan, where media estimates that at least 1,800 people have been killed by the biggest earthquake in the country's history.
    The 15-member team set off from Beijing's Capital airport just after 8am local time (0000gmt) and were expected to touch down three hours later, state broadcaster CCTV reported.
    "Before setting off, after the earthquake happened, we have closely followed the development of the disaster, and we have decided on some of our plans. Above all, upon arrival we will receive guidance and commands form the Chinese embassy and consulates in Japan," team leader Yin Guanghui told reporters.
    With them the team took four tonnes of material, including equipment for search and rescue and power and telecommunication.
    "This time we are mainly taking equipment for search and rescue, as well as personal protection," said Zhou Min (pron: joh min), the teams Director of Safety.
    Around three hours later, the team arrived at Tokyo's Haneda Airport, from where they would head directly for quake-hit areas, Xinhua said.
    Strong aftershocks continued to shake Japan's main island on Sunday as the desperate search pressed on for survivors from Friday's massive earthquake and tsunami.
    In 2008, an 8.0-magnitude quake hit China's Sichuan province, killing more than 80,000 people.
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