Japan's Miyazaki Airport reopens after dud shell blast on taxiway

TOKYO, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- Miyazaki Airport in southwestern Japan resumed operations Thursday morning, a day after its closure due to the explosion of a wartime dud shell that damaged a section of its taxiway, local media reported.

A Japan Airlines plane to Fukuoka departed at around 7:40 a.m. local time in the first flight since the airport was shut for safety checks on Wednesday, Kyodo News reported.

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