that is on fire we can see on our screens is a japan airlines flight. it did have passengers on board but miraculously we do understand from nhk, the local media, the local channel here that roughly all 400 passengers and crew managed to escape this fire. the passengers and crew managed to escape this fire. passengers and crew managed to escape this fire. the latest figures we are seeing escape this fire. the latest figures we are seeing reportedly - escape this fire. the latest figures we are seeing reportedly 367 - we are seeing reportedly 367 passengers evacuated from the japan airlines aeroplane so they have revised that down from the rough estimate. sorry, i didn t mean to interrupt you, you were saying? you are absolutely interrupt you, you were saying? gm. are absolutely right, nhk saying 367 passengers and crew all managed to escape. we did see an escape slide deployed before this fire became so big, but we didn t see any passengers coming off the plane. it was quite amazi
airlines passenger plane. we are being told and nhk is reporting, that they all escaped, which is just incredible for that large number of people to be able to escape before that fire really took hold. the coastguard has confirmed to the bbc it is investigating what happened to cause that fire. it is investigating what happened to cause that fire. thank you very much indeed for the cause that fire. thank you very much indeed for the time cause that fire. thank you very much indeed for the time being. cause that fire. thank you very much indeed for the time being. you - cause that fire. thank you very much indeed for the time being. you are l indeed for the time being. you are live at bbc news, let s get the weather. the met office has described tom hank set to bring damaging and destructive winds and they have issued a met office amber warning for strong winds across parts of the south west, south east wales, the m4 corridor and south east anglia. even more widely across
people try to get home to get back to school and to work and things like that. haneda is one of two international airports in tokyo. now with aeroplanes at a standstill because all the runways at haneda and that is likely to cause disruption. we saw a passenger plane attempting to land at haneda airport and it landed and left a ball of fire behind it. we think that is when it collided with a coastguard plane, which the coastguard has confirmed there was a collision with an aeroplane and the coastguard has confirmed to nhk local media here. and then the passenger plane continued on down the runway before coming to a halt. at that stage, the fire was quite isolated on one part
people on board? is a bit of good news it has not got people on board? yes, that is right, nhk reporting people on board? yes, that is right, nhk reporting that people on board? yes, that is right, nhk reporting that 400 people on board? yes, that is right, nhk reporting that 400 passengers| nhk reporting that 400 passengers wear on the plane. we have spoken to the coast he said they are investigating because nhk is also reporting the passenger liner may have collided with an air force plane on the way down and that may have caused the explosion. the coastguard telling us they are looking into the matter to see if there was a collision or not. all runways at haneda are currently closed, that is a cording to a spokesperson for haneda airport. 0nce spokesperson for haneda airport. once again, nhk as saying thatjapan airlines are saying 400 people were on board the japan airlines plane, that we can now see is in flames and
its plane, one of its planes collided with the japan airlines plane. that is coming from nhk, we haven t confirmed that ourselves, but that is what nhk have said and they have said that we heard there were 400 passengers on board the japan airlines plane and nhk saying there was about 367 passengers and crew and they all have managed to escape, which is fortunate, given how quickly this fire has engulfed the entire cargo plane now. what how quickly this fire has engulfed the entire cargo plane now. what we are seeinu the entire cargo plane now. what we are seeing there the entire cargo plane now. what we are seeing there is the entire cargo plane now. what we are seeing there is the the entire cargo plane now. what we are seeing there is the intensity - the entire cargo plane now. what we are seeing there is the intensity of. are seeing there is the intensity of the fire and the spread has led to the fire and the spread has led to the tail breaking off under pressure there. i am