Fri Mar18 2011 14:25:25
BEIJING, March 18 (Xinhuanet) -- Airlines in Tokyo are scrambling to fly thousands of passengers out of the Japanese capital as fears about the country's nuclear crisis mount and several countries urge their citizens to leave.
Thousands of foreigners flock to Tokyo's Narita international airport as fears over Japan's nuclear crisis are mounting.
An increasing number of governments are urging their citizens to leave the earthquake and tsunami-devastated country.
Japan is taking desperate measures to contain the nuclear leak at the Fukushima power plant, but many travelers are worried about radiation levels.
Barbara Turoff, retired American, said, "I was going to go back anyway, just for a vacation, but I'm leaving earlier because I'm concerned because I really don't know the situation about the radiation. It keeps changing."
Other evacuees say the threat of radiation is scarier than the earthquake itself.
Thibault Brex, French evacuee, said, "If there was a radioactive cloud we just wouldn't know if it would come into our town. And with that you don't feel or hear anything, so you can't do anything and that's something we absolutely can't control no matter what people say. I was more worried about the radiation than about the earthquake. "
Scores of flights to Japan were halted or rerouted this week on fears of radiation leaks from the stricken nuclear plant -- and private jet companies say they've been inundated with requests to help evacuate people.
Some countries have begun testing their citizens returning from Japan for signs of radiation exposure. (source: CNTV.cn)
Thousands of foreigners flock to Tokyo's Narita international airport as fears over Japan's nuclear crisis are mounting.
An increasing number of governments are urging their citizens to leave the earthquake and tsunami-devastated country.
Japan is taking desperate measures to contain the nuclear leak at the Fukushima power plant, but many travelers are worried about radiation levels.
Barbara Turoff, retired American, said, "I was going to go back anyway, just for a vacation, but I'm leaving earlier because I'm concerned because I really don't know the situation about the radiation. It keeps changing."
Other evacuees say the threat of radiation is scarier than the earthquake itself.
Thibault Brex, French evacuee, said, "If there was a radioactive cloud we just wouldn't know if it would come into our town. And with that you don't feel or hear anything, so you can't do anything and that's something we absolutely can't control no matter what people say. I was more worried about the radiation than about the earthquake. "
Scores of flights to Japan were halted or rerouted this week on fears of radiation leaks from the stricken nuclear plant -- and private jet companies say they've been inundated with requests to help evacuate people.
Some countries have begun testing their citizens returning from Japan for signs of radiation exposure. (source: CNTV.cn)
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