Songshan Airport safe despite soil liquefaction scare: official

Amid reports that Taipei Songshan Airport is located in an area highly vulnerable of suffering from soil liquefaction, an airport official on Monday sought to put the public at ease, saying the Taipei airport has a system for monitoring whether the soil it sits on can withstand earthquakes and avoid cave-ins.

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