Tsunami-hit airport resumes flights

Flights to the Japanese coastal city of Sendai resumed today, just more than a month after a 32ft (10m) tsunami swamped the runways of its airport.

Flights to the Japanese coastal city of Sendai resumed today, just more than a month after a 32ft (10m) tsunami swamped the runways of its airport.

Sendai airport staff stood waving on the tarmac today as passengers emerged from a JAL Express flight.

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