What Do You Get From Demolishing Kansas City's Terminal A? A Lot Of Recycling

Crews are hard at work at Kansas City International Airport tearing down Terminal A and recycling its components to make way for a new, greener single terminal.

There have been no explosions, no big building collapse — and for good reason, says deputy director Justin Meyer.

“This project is taking place in an active airfield … so explosions and flying concrete and debris isn’t necessarily conducive to airfield operations,” Meyer says.

The nearly 50-year-old building isn’t putting up much of a fight. On the northern side of the terminal, a solitary excavator tears the building down in pieces while a water truck hoses down debris to control the dust.