Fingers Pointed in a Number of Directions Over Beijing Airport's Latest Roofing Incident

In case you missed it as you were prepping to travel or start your two day cooking, drinking and eating frenzy, Beijing’s Norman Foster-designed airport was hit by another very large gust of wind. While non-hurricane winds don’t usually rip open the roofs of buildings, in this case it did, for the second time in less than a year (it happened before last December), removing metal plates and insulation, which slid and blew onto the surrounding area, including a runway.