In the wake of Japan's major earthquake, the ability of Taiwan's airports in with

The earthquake which triggered a tsunami flooding the airport in Sendai as well as shutting down Narita and Haneda airports leading to flight disruptions.

If Taiwan faced a similar earthquake, are there contingency measures in place?

Legislator Luo Shu-lei pointed out that domestic airport in Taichung and Hualien are located near fault zones and Taiwan is earthquake-prone area as well.

The Civil Aeronautics Administration said that following the 921 earthquake, airports, in accordance with the provisions by the Ministry of the Interior, have enhanced seismic engineering reinforcements as well as engage in disaster preparedness exercises each year.

Legislators still questioned about the chance of a tsunami in the Taiwan Strait,

and whether that threat could affect our main international airport?

According to the Central Weather Bureau data, the western region of Taiwan in the past 300 years, even if encountering a major earthquake, but did not record a single tsunami.

Only in Keelung in 1867 was their a record of a tsunami.

The CAA said it would be cooperative with the CWB and at the moment, did not rule out a potential tsunami evacuation exercise at the airport.