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
Incident last year at lima airport when an aircraft was taking off and conflicted with the grounds fire vehicle that entered the runway. that will cause significant damage to the aircraft. i believe there was the loss of life of the fire crew but not the airline passengers. just illustrations, they are not comparable to what happened today, but they are examples of brown conflicts that we have had at airports around the world. john strickland. airports around the world. john strickland, thank airports around the world. john strickland, thank you very much indeed for that background information and giving us clarity on what is going on there. if you are justjoining us, we are still watching the pictures at haneda international airport in tokyo where the plane has been on fire now for a number of hours. we are not clear if they have got it under control. it certainly still seems to be burning from the pictures there. they appear to be getting much closer, the fire
Speculation, but i think it is unlikely. certainly every detail of this accident and wiretapping will be investigated quickly. there will be investigated quickly. there will be a focus on procedures and what happens in those critical minutes that led to two aircraft being on the runway. going back to the i970s it was the worst ever civilian air crash when to 7a7 aircraft collided on row a runway at tenerife airport. an aircraft was taxing down the runway and one was correctly taking off and the aircraft hits and there was a loss of life of nearly 600 people. very different circumstances to what we are talking about today, that was a foggy day and delight flights. it appears that the conditions are clear today at haneda international airport. there was an
Engines and the cruise, to the plane and they are trying to get that burn under control. 379 people were safely evacuated from the passenger airliner and five crew of the coastguard aircraft that collided with that are unaccounted for. one has been able to escape. our asian reporter is in tokyo and she gave us the latest details of the incident. what we saw was the japan airlines passenger plane coming into land at a runway at haneda international airport. as it was landing, it seemed to collide with something and create a big explosion. then it continued down the runway and it was still on fire before coming to a stop. that fire has now spread significantly throughout the aircraft. it did leave behind that other explosion. the coastguard has