it s newsday. welcome to bbc news. it s 8am in singapore, and 9am injapan where we start the programme today. all of the 379 passengers and crew on board a japan airlines plane had a miraculous escape when it became engulfed in flames. thejet was coming in to land, when there was a collision with a coastguard plane. five people on board the smaller aircraft died. it was heading to deliver supplies to people affected by the 7.6 magnitude earthquake, in the province of noto. our correspondent, suranjana tewari, is at haneda airport, with more on the reaction on the ground. haneda airport, behind me, is slowly resuming service about 100 flights were cancelled as a result of that collision on the runway. now, mostly domestic flights, international flights have been taking off and landing, as well, but really extraordinary images coming in. and people here arejust digesting what happened when those two planes collided, leading to that massive fireball on the runway and this,
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would ve tried to take their cabin luggage with them and that s what everyone did. 55 people are now known to have died after an earthquake in japan. the 7.6 magnitude quake hit the region of noto on new year s day with the tremours felt hundreds of miles away in the capital tokyo. the country s prime minister warns its now a race against time to rescue those trapped beneath the rubble. our correspondentjean mckenzie is in the region and has spent the day trying to reach the town of wajima close to the epicentre. sirens this is a race for survival. rescue workers stream throuthapan s isolated noto peninsula, the roads blocking their way. they re trying to reach these worst affected areas in the north where people are trapped under their collapsed homes.
facing two tragedies in as many days. suranjana tewari, bbc news, tokyo. 55 people are now known to have died in yesterday s earthquake injapan. it was 7.6 in magnitude, hitting the region of noto, with tremors being felt hundreds of miles away in the capital tokyo. the country s prime minister is tonight warning it s a race against time to rescue all those still trapped beneath the rubble. our correspondentjean mckenzie has the very latest as she tries to make her way to the town of wajima, near the epicentre of the quake. sirens this is a race for survival. rescue workers stream throuthapan s isolated noto peninsula, the roads blocking their way. they re trying to reach these worst affected areas in the north where people are trapped under their collapsed homes. many families were out at temples celebrating new year s day whenjapan was hit by its strongest
parts of southern california reeling today after a second major earthquake there. a powerful 7.1 magnitude quake rocked the ridgecrest area last night. it s the second strong earthquake to hit that area since thursday. more than 2,000 aftershocks have followed. those two powerful quakes which were felt hundreds of miles away in major cities like las vegas and los angeles. here are some of the frightening images of the earthquake as it hit. get under the table, get under the table. oh my god. oh my god. i got it all on video, dude. oh my god! that s our center field camera. yeah. that is moving a lot right now. announcer: everyone just stay calm, if you will, please.