this is bbc news. the headlines: japan s prime minister confirms that five coastguard crew have been killed in a collision between two planes at tokyo s haneda airport. all 379 passengers and crew escaped the burning japan airlines aircraft just after it landed. searching for survivors japanese officials say at least 48 people have died and many others are trapped beneath rubble after a powerful earthquake. the uk government says it has fulfilled its promise to eradicate the backlog of outstanding asylum claims by the end of last year. the skull of a sea monster that was unearthed from thejurassic coast goes on display at a museum in dorset. five japanese coastguard crew are unaccounted for after their aircraft collided with a japan airlines passengerjet at tokyo s haneda airport. one coastguard crewman escaped and nearly 380 people on board the airliner were evacuated. the airbus a350 jet burst into flames during the incident. these are live pictures from the scene at the
on display at a museum in dorset. let s go straight back to our breaking news from tokyo. live pictures coming into us of a fire that has broken out on an aeroplane at the airport. flames coming out of the windows of the aircraft. we know this is the flight 516 and we had earlierjapan airlines aircraft had collided with a coastguard plane and just getting some more information coming in now. we understand the plane is at the moment being, as you can see, people are trying to put the fire out and we don t have any further information about the scale of this and whether people have been trapped on board. we will bring you more on that story as we get it. we have the japanese coastguard saying it is looking into the possibility is that it s plane crashed with the japan airlines flight at the airport. let s bring in our correspondent. know, we don t have a correspondent yet. looking at those dramatic pictures of the fire and it seems to be very, very intense inside the plane and
cnn s will ripley joins us live from tokyo. will, i want to talk to the crew. we ll get to evacuation efforts. the crew who died, they were on their way to help, correct? can you give us more? reporter: yeah. so this haneda airport is in the heart of tokyo, 20 minutes from where i m standing right now. there s also a coast guard base nearby. the whole airport sits on the bay. it s a beautiful approach when you fly in there. it s probably my favorite airport when i fly into tokyo. my camera man john flew in a few hours before this happened. but in this case, this coast guard aircraft somehow ended up on the same runway as this japan airlines jet was flying in, packed plane coming from the tourist hot spot of sapporo in northern japan and these two planes had an incredibly fiery collision. we know that, according to nhk, japan s national broadcaster, five crew members were killed. the captain was able to escape. but he is currently being held, currently on life support. i ve
We hail from the land of Buddha and Gandhian principles are ingrained in all of us so it’s difficult to understand, what makes the Japanese so calm in dire circumstances and Indians so frustratingly self serving?
Dealt with secretary have not. they have mostly dealt with that legacy backlog that they will have to stave off criticism they will have to stave off criticism that that is kind of a relevant criticism that that is kind of a relevant when the number of asylum claims relevant when the number of asylum claims still relevant when the number of asylum claims still to be processed is very hi-h claims still to be processed is very high indeed. forthe claims still to be processed is very high indeed. for the government, the delicate high indeed. for the government, the delicate political dance they have to perform a saying that things are clearly to perform a saying that things are clearly moving in the right direction and that as a result of things direction and that as a result of things moving in the right direction, claims of doubling the number direction, claims of doubling the number of direction, claims of doubling the number of claims officers that they hired, number