kansai international airport sinking

Kansai International Airport (KIX) is the world's first ocean airport, built on a landfill island in Osaka Bay, Japan. Opened in 1994, KIX was a modern engineering marvel, built entirely as an artificial island. Because the site is built upon compacted fill, it suffers from subsidence, sinking 2-4 centimeters per year. TOKYO, March 13 (Reuters) - After building an artificial island off Osaka to host a gleaming, new airport in 1994, officials discovered it was sinking into the sea. OSAKA - When Kansai airport in Osaka Prefecture was shut down earlier this month after Typhoon Jebi flooded the main runway