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
we start with breaking news from japan. fire crews at tokyo s haneda international airport are tackling a serious blaze on board a japan airlines airbus a350 plane. these are live pictures, and across the last hour or so we ve seen flames steadily engulf the craft. reports suggest the plane collided with a coastguard plane on the runway. this was the moment the plane landed at haneda international. most of the 379 people on board the plane passengers and crew have been safely evacuated, according to japan airlines. of the several eye missing, that is from the coastguard plane involved in the collision. although several are missing a spokesman said the aircraft had arrived in tokyo from the northern in tokyo from the northern island of hokkaido. japan s coastguard says its aircraft was on its way to niigata airport to deliver aid to the earthquake hit noto peninsula that s according to reuters. let s return to the scene at the moment at the airport where firefighters