Kansai Airport: The Sinking Island That Japan Refused to Abandon
Kansai International Airport is one of Japan’s most incredible engineering achievements — a massive airport built on an artificial island in Osaka Bay. But beneath the airport, the soft seabed created a serious engineering challenge: the island began sinking.
In this documentary, we explore the incredible story of Kansai Airport, how engineers designed an artificial island on soft marine clay, why the airport continued to sink, and how massive hydraulic jacks and advanced monitoring systems helped keep the terminal level.
We also look at the devastating impact of Typhoon Jebi and the challenges Kansai Airport faces from extreme weather, coastal flooding, and rising sea levels.
Was Kansai International Airport a brilliant triumph of engineering, or one of the most ambitious mistakes ever made?
Watch until the end and decide for yourself.
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