Japan - 5 missing in tunnel disaster

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5 missing in tunnel disaster

Five workers are missing from a cave-in at an undersea tunnel construction site in western Japan.

Tuesday, February 07, 2012 15:41 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20120207_28.html

Refinery tunnel floods; 5 missing

OKAYAMA--Five workers went missing at the Mizushima Refinery of JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration Corp. in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, after a tunnel they were digging flooded with seawater Tuesday afternoon.

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T120207005997.htm

5 missing after tunnel flood at refinery in Okayama

OKAYAMA (Kyodo) -- Five workers went missing after seawater flooded an undersea tunnel under construction at JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corp.'s Mizushima oil refinery in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture on Tuesday afternoon, the company said.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/natio...dm146000c.html

5 Missing in Accident in Western Japan Undersea Tunnel

Kurashiki, Okayama Pref., Feb. 7 (Jiji Press)--Five construction workers were missing after seawater flooded an undersea tunnel at a major oil refinery in the Mizushima petrochemical complex in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, western Japan, on Tuesday.

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2012020700817

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Search resumes for missing at flooded tunnel

Police divers resumed their search on Wednesday for 5 construction workers who are missing after an accident at an undersea tunnel in western Japan.

Wednesday, February 08, 2012 12:15 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20120208_21.html

Pit found over site of tunnel flood / Depression on port floor may be linked to disaster that left 5 missing

OKAYAMA--A 20-meter-wide, 3.5-meter-deep hollow has been found on the floor of Mizushima Port in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, at a site where five workers went missing when an underwater tunnel they were digging flooded with seawater, Japan Coast Guard officials said Wednesday.

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T120208006101.htm

5 remain missing after tunnel flood in Okayama

OKAYAMA (Kyodo) -- Five workers remained missing Wednesday after seawater flooded an undersea tunnel being built at JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corp.'s Mizushima oil refinery in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, on Tuesday, local police said.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/natio...dm127000c.html

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Divers examine seabed dip above flooded Okayama undersea tunnel

OKAYAMA, Japan (Kyodo) -- Divers from Kajima Corp. began examining Thursday a seabed dip believed to have been created by an accident that flooded an underwater tunnel being built at JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corp.'s oil refinery in Okayama Prefecture and left five workers missing.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/natio...dm018000c.html

1 found dead after tunnel flooding in Okayama

OKAYAMA (Kyodo) -- Police divers found the body of one of five missing workers Friday afternoon in a shaft leading to an undersea tunnel under construction in Okayama Prefecture three days after seawater flooded it.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/natio...dm163000c.html

Purification begins at flooded tunnel

OKAYAMA--Operations began early Thursday to purify muddy sea water in a shaft connected to a flooded underwater tunnel at Mizushima Port in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, as part of search efforts for five missing workers, the company overseeing the tunnel's construction said.

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T120209006296.htm

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Third body found after tunnel flooding in Okayama

OKAYAMA, Japan (Kyodo) -- Divers on Sunday found the body of one of the three workers who had remained missing following an accident in an undersea tunnel at a JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corp. refinery in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, Kajima Corp., the primary contractor for the project, said Monday.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/natio...dm011000c.html

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4th body found after tunnel flooding in Okayama

OKAYAMA (Kyodo) -- Divers on Wednesday recovered the body of one of the two workers who had remained missing following an accident in an undersea tunnel at a JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corp. refinery in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, police said.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/natio...dm159000c.html

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Body of last missing worker in tunnel flooding found

OKAYAMA (Kyodo) -- Rescue workers on Saturday recovered the body of the last worker missing after an accident in an undersea tunnel at a JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corp. refinery in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, in early February, police said.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/natio...dm019000c.html