one person is believed to have escaped from the coastguard plane, which was on its way to the west of the country to deliver aid to a region that was hit hard by an earthquake yesterday, which claimed the lives of 48 people. the japanese prime minister said he wants officials to act quickly to ascertain the damage and provide information to the public. matt graveling, bbc news. let s get more on this story with sally gethin. she s an independent global aviation and travel analyst. i think this is something people across the world today will be remarking on. isn t it incredible that there were so few casualties when those two aircraft collided. what is your take on what happened today? i what is your take on what happened toda ? . , ., ., ., today? i agree with you, we have to focus on the today? i agree with you, we have to focus on the positives today? i agree with you, we have to focus on the positives here - today? i agree with you, we have to focus on the positives here and - t
to fuel, being liquid it spreads quickly and that has been a major source of the fire initially today, followed by the use of carbon composite materials, which are used in modern aircraft such as this airbus a350 because they are much lighter and durable plastic like materials. they have their own burning characteristics and burn in a different way to the fuel itself. i don t have any more information on that. all the electrical systems that. all the electrical systems that are in an aircraft, then such as lighting to passengers, in flight entertainment, all of these have to be addressed, and all of these burn differently, the fuel, the plastics, the electrical system. they need to
ukraine suffers another intense night of russian bombardment, leaving at least five people dead. ukraine s air defence claims 35 drones were shot down. the uk government says it has met a promise to clear a large part of the backlog of asylum claims with more than 112,000 cases processed last year. 0n verified today, has the government cleared the legacy asylum backlog? we ve been looking at the numbers and it s a lot more complicated than ministers have claimed. hello, i m rajini vaidyanathan welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. hello, i m rajini vaidyanathan welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. five japanese coastguard crew have been killed in a collision between their plane and a japan airlines passengerjet at tokyo s haneda airport. dramatic pictures showed the airbus a350 passenger plane ablaze as it travelled at speed
are trapped beneath rubble after monday s powerful earthquake. ukraine suffers another intense night of russian bombardment, leaving at least five people dead. ukraine s air defence claims 35 drones were shot down. the uk government says it has met a promise to clear a large part of the backlog of asylum claims with more than 112,000 cases processed last year. 0n terrified today, has the government creo the legacy asylum backlog? we ve been looking at the numbers and it s a lot more complicated than ministers have claimed. hello, welcome to verified live, three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. five japanese coast guard crew have been killed in a collision between their plane and a japan airlines passenger jet at tokyo s haneda airport. dramatic tv pictures showed the airbus a350 passenger
five japanese coastguard crew have been killed in a collision between their plane and a japan airlines passengerjet at tokyo s haneda airport. dramatic pictures showed the airbus a350 passenger plane ablaze as it travelled at speed down the runway. all 379 passengers and crew were evacuated safely, before the plane was completely engulfed in flames, and its fuselage collapsed. here s the moment passengers disembarked. these are the pictures live from tokyo. it s thought to be the first major incident involving a passenger plane made largely of carbon fibre and other composite materials. we can take you life to the scene in tokyo, of course all the flames have been extinguished now, you canjust see the burnt wreckage of the aircraft still on the runway. it s emerged that the coastguard aircraft was taking emergency supplies to help earthquake rescue efforts. one crew member did manage to escape but