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Article: CA Announces Emergency Plan in Effect After an Earthquake in Southwest China (Sichuan Province).
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- PR Newswire
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- May 15, 2008
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BEIJING, May 15 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- A major earthquake hit Wenchuan County, Sichuan Province at 14:28pm, PEK time on May 12, 2008. Chengdu Shuangliu (CTU) airport is closed. 12 CA (Chengdu Airport) flights en route to Chengdu have been diverted to other airports.
CA announced the emergency plan to be in effect on 15:00pm. All the CA flights in the air are in close communication with the headquarters. Upon issuing the release, no casualty and property damage has been reported at CA southwest subsidiary.
CA has instructed all affected offices to implement emergency plans and take good care of stranded passengers. CA also has the fleet on standby for ...