was in that sense. at airbus, absolutely was in that sense. at airbus, absolutely everybody - was in that sense. at airbus, absolutely everybody else i was in that sense. at airbus, l absolutely everybody else will was in that sense. at airbus, - absolutely everybody else will want to learn absolutely everybody else will want to learn from absolutely everybody else will want to learn from this, absolutely everybody else will want to learn from this, this absolutely everybody else will want to learn from this, this is absolutely everybody else will want to learn from this, this is the - to learn from this, this is the first to learn from this, this is the first accident to learn from this, this is the first accident involving - to learn from this, this is the first accident involving a350, to learn from this, this is the . first accident involving a350, it to learn from this, this is the - first accident involving a350, it is a very first accident involving a350, it is a ve
kind of accidents? i more fit to withstand any of these kind of accidents? more fit to withstand any of these kind of accidents? i don t think we can take anything kind of accidents? i don t think we can take anything for kind of accidents? i don t think we can take anything for granted - kind of accidents? i don t think we j can take anything for granted here but it is a really strong example of the safety record of the aviation industry going forward and no doubt there will be a lot of analysis as to how the a350 kept its integrity and structure intact for that long period to allow people to disembark but we have to be grateful for small mercies they are but there will equally be emphasis on the smaller aircraft and what went wrong there as well. ., ., ., , ., as well. indeed and our thoughts go to the families as well. indeed and our thoughts go to the families of as well. indeed and our thoughts go to the families of those as well. indeed and our thoughts go to the famil
arrived in tokyo from the northern in tokyo from the northern island of hokkaido. japan s coastguard says its aircraft was on its way to niigata airport to deliver aid to the earthquake hit noto peninsula that s according to reuters. let s return to the scene at the moment at the airport where firefighters have been tackling the blaze for around two hours. professor graham braithwaite from cranfield university. tell us about that moment when the plane came in and what your thoughts are, given the scale of the fire that has resulted from that collision. that has resulted from that collision. , . ., ., collision. there is a limited amount of information collision. there is a limited amount of information available collision. there is a limited amount of information available other - collision. there is a limited amount of information available other than | of information available other than that cctv footage which seems to suggest that the aircraft has collided with that coastgua
muntean, and cnn aviation analyst, peter goals. he is a former managing director. pete, walk us through what happened here. this was an incredible same. the moment of impact was just two seconds into the video. you can see the a350 go up into a fireball. it appears that the impact happened right on the nose. you can see the nose landing gear on fire as this flight was landing on the runway at haneda airport. both airplanes involved, the a350 and commuter airplane, not really used much in the states these days. is that smaller, relatively speaking? a lot smaller. the fact that anyone came out of this alive is pretty incredible, and a testament to the design of the airbus. the evacuation went very smoothly and very efficiently.
which often means that they have been withdrawn from the figures. as you can see, it s a lot more complicated than some of the government s headline claim suggests. finally, iwant government s headline claim suggests. finally, i want to show you this. although the bit legacy backlog has gone down considerably, this is cases after the 28th ofjune 2022. have a look. they ve gone up considerably over time. they now stand at 94,000, more than the legacy backlog was when rishi sunak pledged to get rid of it. there is no timescale for dealing with this at the moment. 0k, ok, i 0k, iwasjust ok, i was just looking ok, i wasjust looking down there because we had two statements coming on that breaking story, the collision between two aircraft in tokyo. we ve got a statement from airbus which confirms that her a350