so her adventurous spirit is undimmed and to visit the beaches she charted with such great effect 80 years ago remains an ambition for this 103 year old who continues to live a remarkable life. john maguire, bbc news, whitehall. 103. she is amazing. she is phenomenal. we have a guest here. brian heffernan is the head of the taxi charity for military veterans, which arranges transport for ex servicemen and women across europe. you transported christian. what was she like? she was remarkable. 103. she had it all appear. really was a lovely lady. her carer bronwen was just as lovely. i was learning so much on such a shortjourney and i am looking forward to working with her again later this year. you am looking forward to working with her again later this year. her again later this year. you will be art of her again later this year. you will be part of the her again later this year. you will be part of the anniversary? - her again later this year. you will be part of the anniversary? ye
which is to protect the occupants and allow a fast evacuation, he and of course the fire service focus will absolutely have been on protecting exits, making sure there was a clear path for people to evacuate from the aircraft. the airbus landed at 5:45pm local time, having made a shortjourney from northern japan. one person is believed to have escaped from the coastguard plane, which was on its way to the west of the country to deliver aid to a region that was hit hard by an earthquake yesterday, which claimed the lives of 48 people. the japanese prime minister said he wants officials to act quickly to ascertain the damage and provide information to the public. matt graveling, bbc news. i spoke earlier to former british airways pilot now aviation consultant alistair rosenschein. he shared his reflections on what we ve seen at the airport today. it was a major accident at high speed as the aircraft came
which is to protect the occupants and allow a fast evacuation, and of course the fire service focus will absolutely have been on protecting exits, making sure there was a clear path for people to evacuate from the aircraft. the airbus landed at 5:45pm local time, having made a shortjourney from northern japan. one person is believed to have escaped from the coastguard plane, which was on its way to the west of the country to deliver aid to a region that was hit hard by an earthquake yesterday, which claimed the lives of 48 people. the japanese prime minister said he wants officials to act quickly to ascertain the damage and provide information to the public. matt graveling, bbc news. alex macheras is an aviation analyst based in london. he gave me his reaction to the incident in tokyo. it s remarkable that we have witnessed what is the first whole loss of an airbus a350. this is the world s latest generation aircraft. and to the airlines that have
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the airbus landed at 5:45pm local time, having made a shortjourney from northern japan. one person is believed to have escaped from the coastguard plane, which was on its way to the west of the country to deliver aid to a region that was hit hard by an earthquake yesterday, which claimed the lives of 48 people. the japanese prime minister said he wants officials to act quickly to ascertain the damage and provide information to the public. matt graveling, bbc news. joining us now on the line is former british airways pilot now aviation consultant alastair rosenschein. thanks forjoining us. my first question to you is how surprised are you that everybody on board the passenger plane was able to survive? when you look at those pictures of the plane engulfed in flames. the straiaht the plane engulfed in flames. tue: straight answer the plane engulfed in flames. tte: straight answer is that, yes, i am