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...airport, Photographer Fukuo Yuminamochi, 27, was about to take off in a private Cessna. "We were warming up at the end of the runway," he recalls. "Suddenly, there was a rumbling noise over the sound of the engine, and the plane began jumping around as if it were fighting turbulence in the sky. I watched the terminal building crack open at the sides and sag to earth." Dozens of oil tanks on the city's outskirts burst into flame, sending up columns of choking black smoke 20,000 ft. high. The tanks burned for 96 hours, despite efforts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Japan: The Good-Luck City | 6/26/1964 | See Source »

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