Singapore Airlines Airbus A340-500 (9V-SGD)taxiing and takeoff from KIX/RJBB (Osaka – Kansai International Airport in Japan) after repairwork of the windshield. I luckily catched SIA’s beautiful rare bird at… Osaka!! Only pity thing was terrible stormy weather condition… but plz enjoy xDxD [Story] Originally this flight – SQ38 is a ultra long-haul flight from SIN (Singapore) to LAX(Los Angeles) with 95 people on board (deperture: Jul. 10th). This aircraft was over the Pacific Ocean when a windshield cracked, prompting the crew to divert to Osaka Kansai Airport (Japan) for a safe landing. She landed at 0:53 localtime (midnight) on July 11. No injuries reported. After the repairwork was completed, she returned to the way to LAX. Delay of 20 hours is expected from the original schedule. Date: Jul. 11, 2010 19:05JST Runway: 24L Location: Observation deck “Sky view” Entrance hall 5F Coordinates for Google Map: N34.440798 E135.257593 Flight: SQ0038 to LAX (Los Angeles Int’l in US) Camera: DMC-TZ7 (w/o tripod)

Officials in St. Louis say the tornado-damaged airport has reopened for some arriving flights. Departures are expected to resume early Sunday morning. (April 23)