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 vehicle
incident last year at lima airport when an aircraft was taking off and conflicted with the grounds fire vehicle that entered the runway. that will cause significant damage to the aircraft. i believe there was the loss of life of the fire crew but not the airline passengers. just illustrations, they are not comparable to what happened today, but they are examples of brown conflicts that we have had at airports around the world. john strickland. airports around the world. john strickland, thank airports around the world. john strickland, thank you very much indeed for that background information and giving us clarity on what is going on there. if you are justjoining us, we are still watching the pictures at haneda international airport in tokyo where the plane has been on fire now for a number of hours. we are not clear if they have got it under control. it certainly still seems to be burning from the pictures there. they appear to be getting much closer, the fire