the northern ireland of hokkaido. the coastguard said it was on its way to deliver aid to the earthquake hit peninsular. let s go live to john strickland, an error aviation consultant. we were talking earlier about the scale of the fire and it does seem as though the fire crews have started to get it under control, they are a bit closer to the plane now. control, they are a bit closer to the plane ow- control, they are a bit closer to the plane now. that s right. my ictures the plane now. that s right. my pictures are the plane now. that s right. my pictures are not the plane now. that s right. my pictures are not quite the plane now. that s right. my pictures are not quite as - the plane now. that s right. my - pictures are not quite as up-to-date pictures are not quite as up to date asjurors, but it pictures are not quite as up to date as jurors, but it seems they are able to get closer to the aircraft. they have 75 vehicles on the scene, thatis they have 75 vehicles on the s
48 people. this airport is one of the busiest airports injapan and clearly the decision there is to try to isolate the plane and bring the flames under control. you can see the extraordinary efforts going on here in order to achieve that. very shocking scene as to how one aircraft came to collide with another. you would imagine that would be a very unlikely incident. the coastguard plane also caught fire, as i have said, and crew members were lost on that plane. it was on its way to provide aid to those affected by the 7.6 magnitude earthquake. you can see there the
through a big airport like haneda international airport. japan airlines is one of japan s international airport. japan airlines is one ofjapan s airlines, its most famous airlines, carrying a lot of passengers. this particular plane had more than 370 passengers and crew on board. we do understand from local media that all of those passengers managed to evacuate the plane before this fire really took hold. we understand from the coastguard speaking to nhk, the local media here, that there was another plane involved, coastguard plane involved in this collision. five members of the crew of backplane are unaccounted for. iquite backplane are unaccounted for. quite a shockin: backplane are unaccounted for. quite a shocking moment backplane are unaccounted for. quite a shocking moment for backplane are unaccounted for. quite a shocking moment forjapan because they have literallyjust had a very large earthquake just a day ago. tell us about the effect on the psyche, if you like, of these
provide information to the public. matt graveling, bbc news. as we mentioned, the coastguard plane involved in that apparent collision was on a mission to deliver aid supplies after yesterday s earthquake injapan. at least 48 people are now known to have died in the quake. japan s prime minister says rescue teams are facing a race against time to find survivors trapped beneath the rubble. the quake with a magnitude of 7.6 hit the province of noto, our correspondent jean mckenzie reports from there, close to the epicentre of the quake. this is a race rescue workers stream through japan s this is a race rescue workers stream throuthapan s isolated noto peninsula. the roads, blocking their way. they are trying to reach the worst affected areas in the north, where people are trapped under their collapsed homes. many families were