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
linking the pacific and the atlantic routes. so lots of people flying through routes. so lots of people flying throuthapan. haneda international airport has confirmed they have closed all of the runways because of this fire as firefighters tried to get this blaze under control. that is likely to cause a lot of disruption to the flights, to passengers coming in and out of haneda international airport, and of course it is the end of the holiday season. the new year holiday being a big holiday here injapan, as well, so many people would have been using the airport today when this incident happened. we the airport today when this incident hauened. ~ , ., the airport today when this incident ha ened. ~ , ., ., the airport today when this incident hauened. ~ , ., ., ., ., happened. we understand that around 70 fire engines happened. we understand that around 70 fire engines out happened. we understand that around 70 fire engines out there happened. we understand that around 70 fire eng
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