Earthquake strands 95 Air Macao passengers in Chengdu airport

MACAO-Some 95 passengers of an Air Macao flight were forced to stay overnight in Chengdu, regional capital of China's southwestern Sichuan province, which was rocked by a powerful earth quake that led to the shutdown of the Chengdu Shuangliu Airport on Monday."The scheduled flight was canceled today as the Chengdu airport were shut down after the earthquake, and the passengers on board have been evacuated from the aircraft," said Gong Xiaozhuang, public relations and advertising manager of Air Macao.Among the 96 passengers, only six were Macao residents and the rest are all from Taiwan, Gong said, adding that their overnight stay in Chengdu would be properly arranged.Air Macao, the largest airline in Macao, is the only carrier that operates flights from the island city to Chengdu, with four flights every week, and most of its passengers came from China 's Taiwan.Gong said that they lost contact for a while with their staff stationed in the Shuangliu Airport, as the earthquake caused temporary disruption of telecommunication.Currently all flights of Air Macao are running without a hitch except for the Chengdu Flight, she said, predicting that the Chengdu airport will resume operation tomorrow if the situation does not deteriorate.
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