live from london, this is bbc news. five people are missing in tokyo after a plane carrying earthquake aid collided on the runway with a large passenger plane that burst into flames. nearly 380 passengers and crew were safely evacuated from the airbus a350 jet. that plane is on fire on the runway at tokyo's haneda airport, with reports that the japan airlines aircraft collided with a coastguard plane as 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. ukraine suffers another intense night of russian bombardment, leaving at least four people dead. ukraine's air defence claims 35 drones were shot down.

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 have been tackling the blaze for around two hours. professor graham braithwaite from cranfield university. tell us about that moment when the plane came in and what your thoughts are, given the scale of the fire that has resulted from that collision.— that has resulted from that collision. , . ., ., collision. there is a limited amount of information _ collision. there is a limited amount of information available _ collision. there is a limited amount of information available other - collision. there is a limited amount of information available other than | of information available other than that cctv footage which seems to suggest that the aircraft has collided with that coastguard aircraft which has presumably encroached onto the runway clearance area. the a350 which has landed, quite a large aircraft, seems to have hit something. if you look at the damage on the left—hand engine it looks like it is clearly impacted

something that presumably has then ruptured fuel lines. i don't know on which aircraft you can see a large fireball at that point. from that point on their —— there appears to be fuel leak which is the aircraft rose to a stop. for the flight deck crew they are likely to have seen what is happening, very little, nothing in fact, that they can do at that late stage. it looks like it was too late to go around, so whatever they have hit has been at the very last moment and their focus will have been on making sure the aircraft stops as quickly as it can and at that stage the fire service would have tried to respond, to be there within two minutes, starting to lay foam onto the ground, knocked back the flames enough so people can evacuate from the aircraft. it back the flames enough so people can evacuate from the aircraft.— evacuate from the aircraft. it seems as if that procedure _ evacuate from the aircraft. it seems as if that procedure was _ evacuate from the aircraft. it seems as if that procedure was efficient - as if that procedure was efficient and the 379 people on board did all

get out safely. it sounds and looks as though they were lucky because what happened afterwards has been extraordinary, the level of flames and destruction to that plane has been really quite rapid and extreme. i think to hear that everyone got off the aircraft is an incredible positive and it shows you just how much has gone into that in terms of the aircraft design, the people in cabinet to be able to evacuate. and particularly in terms of the crew training, the cabin crew in particular would have made a huge difference. we know from previous accidents that when something happens, even those as prepared as passengers, which they were not in this case, this was clearly a surprise event, it is how the cabin crew open the exits, let people which direction is safe to go. they will shout at people to make sure they move swiftly, don't try to bring anything with them and so on and of course it is the cabin crew

who are last off the aircraft. years of training, just the whole approach that japan airlines taken of training, just the whole approach thatjapan airlines taken all of training, just the whole approach that japan airlines taken all the airlines around the world will have made a huge difference to this successful outcome. in made a huge difference to this successful outcome.— made a huge difference to this successful outcome. in terms of the investigation _ successful outcome. in terms of the investigation now, _ successful outcome. in terms of the investigation now, we _ successful outcome. in terms of the investigation now, we note - successful outcome. in terms of the investigation now, we note that - successful outcome. in terms of the investigation now, we note that the| investigation now, we note that the plane, the coastguard plane, involved in this incident was on its way to deliver aid in an earthquake disaster zone. way to deliver aid in an earthquake disasterzone. how way to deliver aid in an earthquake disaster zone. how much do human factors normally play a part in accidents like this? is that something you have looked into? tell us how often it is to do with human factors and how often it is to do with the aircraft design and the rest of it. ., , with the aircraft design and the rest of it. . , ,., ., rest of it. really important question — rest of it. really important question as _ rest of it. really important question as to _ rest of it. really important question as to where - rest of it. really important question as to where the l rest of it. really important - question as to where the focus of the investigation will be and they will start off very open—minded and will start off very open—minded and will try to make sure they gather together as much of the evidence that might be perishable, so in other words the eyewitness testimonies and so on become very important. recorded data will become very important. and of course we will want to understand human

actions. but positive and negative. there's a lot of focus on the fact that in many accidents we see human factors mentioned as in some cases the leading cause. but actually usually there are many factors around that, and the bit that sometimes we forget is that human performance is often a very positive thing. so we may find for example on the crew of the landing aircraft that their decision to continue with the landing and land the way they did might have actually saved more lives than if they, for example, had tried to go around. we don't know the circumstances of that yet. that is a fascinating _ the circumstances of that yet. that is a fascinating area _ the circumstances of that yet. that is a fascinating area because that decision, presumably if you have something on fire, you want to come into land but, as you say, you don't necessarily know whether there is something else on the ground that would cause more of a problem. that would cause more of a problem. that would have been a split—second decision from the pilot. i would have been a split-second decision from the pilot.- would have been a split-second decision from the pilot. i think at this sta . e decision from the pilot. i think at this stage we _ decision from the pilot. i think at this stage we are _ decision from the pilot. i think at this stage we are still— decision from the pilot. i think at this stage we are still not - this stage we are still not completely clear as to where the

event happen. was it as it was landing, did it hit something on that landing? it happened in the dark, so as for what the crew could see, whether that aircraft was moving, moving rapidly, the coastguard aircraft, all of these things factored in and the flight deck crew will have had to make a split—second decision, same for the cabin crew and so on. when we look at human factors in investigation we don'tjust look for the errors people made, but also for their positive actions and in some cases thatis positive actions and in some cases that is more useful in terms of informing future training and so on. they will definitely take that not full blame approach and try to look at positives as well as identifying negatives. it at positives as well as identifying neuatives. , , ., , , ., negatives. it is interesting, as you sa , in negatives. it is interesting, as you say. in this— negatives. it is interesting, as you say. in this case — negatives. it is interesting, as you say, in this case it _ negatives. it is interesting, as you say, in this case it sounds - negatives. it is interesting, as you say, in this case it sounds as - say, in this case it sounds as though 379 people are off safely and thatis though 379 people are off safely and that is a major achievement. unfortunately the crew of the coastguard plane, five are still missing after that collision and one is known to have survived and got

out. we don't know about the others. tell us a bit about the scale of the fire afterwards. although passengers have got off quite quickly, presumably it will be alarming for airlines and airports and anyone who deals with passenger safety to see how quickly the fire spread afterwards and that is a very new plane, the a350 or so will that be in part to do with the materials they use these days to build planes? it will definitely be part of the investigation to establish whether thatis investigation to establish whether that is indeed a feature, whether the construction of a largely composite fuselage has contributed to that but actually for this type of event, a severe collision like this, we would be unsurprised to actually see the size of that fire. the important thing is whether we protect the occupants of the aircraft during that initial phase of the fire. although it looks shocking and particularly so because it happened that night, obviously a very bright fireball, actually we may find the aircraft did its job

very well protecting the occupants until it was safe and the fire service had arrived to help them evacuate. fora service had arrived to help them evacuate. for a passenger, service had arrived to help them evacuate. fora passenger, none service had arrived to help them evacuate. for a passenger, none of this felt safe, but actually if the outcome is that everybody was able to get off the a3 50 successfully, then actually that is a really positive outcome whilst acknowledging the very tragic outcome potentially for those on board the other aircraft. you talked earlier about _ board the other aircraft. you talked earlier about the _ board the other aircraft. you talked earlier about the safety _ board the other aircraft. you talked earlier about the safety culture - board the other aircraft. you talked earlier about the safety culture at l earlier about the safety culture at japan airlines. tell us more. it is fascinating they learn from one of the incidents in the mid—80s. tell us more about that and what they learned from it.— us more about that and what they learned from it. they unfortunately suffered an — learned from it. they unfortunately suffered an accident _ learned from it. they unfortunately suffered an accident in _ learned from it. they unfortunately suffered an accident in 1985 - learned from it. they unfortunately suffered an accident in 1985 when, | suffered an accident in 1985 when, due to a faulty repair, the rear bulkhead protecting the aircraft blew out and took the tail off the aircraft. and the crew somehow managed to fly on for about half an

hour until, unfortunately, it hit a mountainside, and 505 people lost their lives in that accident and it is the world's worst single aircraft accident. none of it was the fault and the reaction injapan airlines was a deep sense of loss of their colleagues and it had a profound effect on them but also on aviation safety globally. withinjapan airlines, about 20 years later, employees were saying we are perhaps getting what it is like to get it wrong. we have new employees coming in who perhaps assume aviation is safe and it is not. not because all of that huge effort that actually goes into keeping it safe. we want to remind people what goes into it, so they created a centre in their corporate headquarters, a safety promotion centre including artefacts from that accident, from some of the letters that passengers wrote before the aircraft eventually crashed. and every employee, whatever level in

the company, has to go through that as part of their induction, and they learn about how incredibly important safety is, and how much hard work goes into deliver that. i really important part of their culture as an airline and i know, having worked with various people there over the years, there is a profound personal commitment towards safety, and i know any kind of accident, we find tragic as an aviation family, but particularly forjapan airlines, particularly for japan airlines, this particularly forjapan airlines, this will be a difficult day. thank ou ve this will be a difficult day. thank you very much — this will be a difficult day. thank you very much indeed _ this will be a difficult day. thank you very much indeed for - this will be a difficult day. thank you very much indeed forjoining this will be a difficult day. thank i you very much indeed forjoining us and your expertise on the subject, thank you. let's remind you of what you are seeing right now. after a massive fire that is starting to look as though it might be under control, it is not clear from this distance, still a fire on board the passenger plane, japan airlines flight which has collided with a coastguard aircraft, possible

collision according to the airline. all 379 passengers and crew were safely evacuated but there is still five of the six crew on the coastguard aircraft unaccounted for a while one of them escaped, and that fire is still being worked on by around 70 fire engines at least on the ground there is the haneda international airport which is now closed, all of its runways, and flights are being diverted elsewhere. let's get more on this with david deas. he's an aviation expert. thank you forjoining us. i would like your initial thoughts from the pictures you have seen. what are your thoughts on how this can have happened? it is your thoughts on how this can have ha--ened? , '. your thoughts on how this can have hauened? , , . ., happened? it is difficult to say. obviously there _ happened? it is difficult to say. obviously there has _ happened? it is difficult to say. obviously there has been - happened? it is difficult to say. j obviously there has been some happened? it is difficult to say. - obviously there has been some sort of collision. from the pictures i have seen, the larger aircraft coming in along a runway with its nose down, it looks as though the nose, undercarriage carriage wheel

had collapsed, probably as a result of a collision. i think the main thing is the nature of the fire, there seems to be a very big and prolonged fire and that is one of the major things they will want to look into, why the aircraft appeared to catch fire relatively easily. i5 to catch fire relatively easily. is that unusual in your experience? would an aircraft fire normally be faster to put out? it would an aircraft fire normally be faster to put out?— would an aircraft fire normally be faster to put out? it takes a while because you _ faster to put out? it takes a while because you have _ faster to put out? it takes a while because you have a _ faster to put out? it takes a while because you have a fire _ faster to put out? it takes a while because you have a fire in - faster to put out? it takes a while because you have a fire in a - because you have a fire in a contained area and sometimes it is a matter of actually getting fireman inside the fuselage. in this case it was obviously much bigger than that and it is a question of getting the right fire extinguisher to the right place at the right time. it seems to have been up a long time. we place at the right time. it seems to have been up a long time.- place at the right time. it seems to have been up a long time. we had one reort have been up a long time. we had one report earlier — have been up a long time. we had one report earlier from _ have been up a long time. we had one report earlier from the _ have been up a long time. we had one report earlier from the tokyo - have been up a long time. we had one report earlier from the tokyo fire - report earlier from the tokyo fire department saying the coastguard aircraft was also in flames and it is perhaps that which has caused the intensity of the fire. but you have

been an air accident investigator. how would you go about finding out the nuts and bolts of what happened here? there are lots of factors involved. ., here? there are lots of factors involved. . ., here? there are lots of factors involved-— involved. there are all sorts of thins. involved. there are all sorts of things- the — involved. there are all sorts of things. the main _ involved. there are all sorts of things. the main thing - involved. there are all sorts of things. the main thing will. involved. there are all sorts of things. the main thing will be | involved. there are all sorts of. things. the main thing will be to see why the fire, why the two aircraft collided. something has gone wrong, there is something there in that you shouldn't have two aircraft in the same place at the airport. both of the pilot, i would think, were fairly familiar with the airport. it is a huge airport with multiple runways so they should be aware and also the air traffic controllers should know exactly where they are because they would have been given the departing aircraft clearance to take off and the other clearance to land. these are operational things which will be investigated, just to see whether there are any lessons to be learned from it and it is obviously a big

puzzle until they get more information.— puzzle until they get more information. , ., information. tell us about the a3 50. a information. tell us about the a3 50- a new _ information. tell us about the a3 50. a new plane, _ information. tell us about the a3 50. a new plane, and _ information. tell us about the a3 50. a new plane, and this - information. tell us about the a3 50. a new plane, and this is - information. tell us about the a3 50. a new plane, and this is part| information. tell us about the a3 i 50. a new plane, and this is part of japan airlines fleet, they have 17 of these planes, so would you expect that all of them would be grounded while they found out, look into the business of how quickly they burn or how long they can burn for mozilla it is difficult to say. it is largely up to the aviation authorities in that particular country whether or not an aircraft is grounded, or at the eye line themselves. it is early at the moment to say that the investigators would be grounding it's because they don't know what the position is but as a precaution it may be that not only japan as a precaution it may be that not onlyjapan airlines as a precaution it may be that not only japan airlines but other airlines with us to would think of grounding the aircraftjust for passenger confidence reasons rather than operational reasons. it is a new type of aircraft. it is made of

composite rather than aluminium. this was on a relatively short route for an a350. they do fly... well, shortly they will be able to fly to australia using that type of aircraft nonstop. it has an immense range but this one wouldn't have been that type of a350 if it was on a short route. normally very nice to ride in. they have got an extremely quiet, and they are very economical from the point of view of fuel and cost for the passenger, they are excellent. david deas, thank you very much indeed. you are watching bbc news.

let's return to these shotss, the fire engine seem to have got closer now to the plane and the fire crew on the ground, so there must be a sense that they are getting this fire somewhat under control. earlier on they were having to attack it from further back because of the sheer size of the flames and the whole of the plane disintegrated or was starting to disintegrate as those flames tore through it. we now know that 379 passengers and crew were safely evacuated before the fire took hold. they managed to evacuate as the plane was on the ground but there was already smoke in the cabin from some of the footage we have seen. we know that five of the six crew on the coastguard aircraft are unaccounted for. one of them escaped.

we arejust we are just looking at those shots of the fire crew examining, appearing to examine wreckage on the ground. let's bring in someone who was at the airport. josh coultas is in haneda airport thank you for being with us, tell us what you saw. ijust came here to pick up a friend and luckily they get off the flight but they are not able to get their bags. it was pretty scary. the whole airport kind of just froze and pretty scary. the whole airport kind ofjust froze and people were not allowed to ofjust froze and people were not allowed ., ., ., , ., allowed to go into departures and eve hinu allowed to go into departures and everything just — allowed to go into departures and everything just stopped. - allowed to go into departures and everything just stopped. you - allowed to go into departures and everything just stopped. you can | everything just stopped. you can probably see behind me everyone is lined up and they are trying to get their bikes because the people who are boarding planes had to get off, the planes completely stop —— trying to get their bags. you

the planes completely stop -- trying to get their bags.— to get their bags. you said you were ickina u- to get their bags. you said you were picking up a — to get their bags. you said you were picking up a friend, _ to get their bags. you said you were picking up a friend, where _ to get their bags. you said you were picking up a friend, where they - to get their bags. you said you were picking up a friend, where they on i picking up a friend, where they on that flight or a different one? aha, that flight or a different one? different one. luckily everyone was fine. d0 different one. luckily everyone was fine. , ., different one. luckily everyone was fine. ~ ., ., ., ,, different one. luckily everyone was fine. ~ ., ., ., , , ., fine. do you know what happened to the passengers _ fine. do you know what happened to the passengers who _ fine. do you know what happened to the passengers who were _ fine. do you know what happened to the passengers who were on - fine. do you know what happened to the passengers who were on that. the passengers who were on that plane? have they been taken to a separate area of the airport or our day in the main bit?— separate area of the airport or our day in the main bit? yeah, no, they have been — day in the main bit? yeah, no, they have been taken _ day in the main bit? yeah, no, they have been taken away, _ day in the main bit? yeah, no, they have been taken away, probably - day in the main bit? yeah, no, they have been taken away, probably to| day in the main bit? yeah, no, they. have been taken away, probably to be examined by medical professionals. they are not in the main section at all. ,, all ,, ., all. ,, ., ., ., , . ., all. quite a lot of destruction because that _ all. quite a lot of destruction because that runways - all. quite a lot of destruction because that runways are - all. quite a lot of destruction because that runways are all| all. quite a lot of destruction - because that runways are all closed. are you being given information about what is happening with all the flights? about what is happening with all the fliuhts? ., , about what is happening with all the fliuhts? . , ., ., flights? yeah, they are all cancelled. _ flights? yeah, they are all cancelled, basically. - flights? yeah, they are all cancelled, basically. i- flights? yeah, they are all| cancelled, basically. i don't flights? yeah, they are all- cancelled, basically. i don't think they will come back up again today. for the most part everyone is waiting to get their bags back from the planes that have been cancelled and a lot of people are opting to get their baggage shipped. it is too long of a wait.

get their baggage shipped. it is too long of a wait-— long of a wait. where you are a bit shaken when _ long of a wait. where you are a bit shaken when it _ long of a wait. where you are a bit shaken when it happened? - long of a wait. where you are a bit shaken when it happened? tell- long of a wait. where you are a bit| shaken when it happened? tell me when you saw this happening. xyeah. when you saw this happening. yeah, it was shocking _ when you saw this happening. yeah, it was shocking because _ when you saw this happening. yeah, it was shocking because my - when you saw this happening. yeah, it was shocking because my friend i it was shocking because my friend could have been on that plane. luckily they were not. right after the earthquakes yesterday and the tsunami, it is quite a scary start to 2024 injapan. tsunami, it is quite a scary start to 2024 in japan.— tsunami, it is quite a scary start to 2024 in japan. there was already disru tion to 2024 in japan. there was already disruption to _ to 2024 in japan. there was already disruption to transport _ to 2024 in japan. there was already disruption to transport because - to 2024 in japan. there was already disruption to transport because of l disruption to transport because of the earthquake and now this. yeah, trains are delayed _ the earthquake and now this. yeah, trains are delayed but _ the earthquake and now this. yeah, trains are delayed but they - the earthquake and now this. yeah, trains are delayed but they are - trains are delayed but they are coming back because the earthquakes had calmed down, and so everyone is looking at alternative ways of transport, of getting home, but it is pretty difficult because it is all filling up. you can imagine the amount of people that are now unable to get home or go to where they need to get home or go to where they need to and they will look for other forms of transport. it is a little worrying. forms of transport. it is a little wor inc. , .,, forms of transport. it is a little wor n.~,,, ., forms of transport. it is a little worrying-— forms of transport. it is a little wor |n.a,,, ., ., worrying. josh coultas, thank you for talkin:

worrying. josh coultas, thank you for talking to _ worrying. josh coultas, thank you for talking to us, _ worrying. josh coultas, thank you for talking to us, it _ worrying. josh coultas, thank you for talking to us, it must - worrying. josh coultas, thank you for talking to us, it must be - worrying. josh coultas, thank you for talking to us, it must be a - for talking to us, it must be a trying time at the airport. live now tojohn strickland — air aviation consultant. and an expert. we spoke to you earlier. thank you for being back with us. peoplejustjoining us, give us your headlines about what you think the most significant part of this incident is. this you think the most significant part of this incident is.— of this incident is. as one of your contribute _ of this incident is. as one of your contribute said _ of this incident is. as one of your contribute said just _ of this incident is. as one of your contribute said just now, - of this incident is. as one of your contribute said just now, we - of this incident is. as one of your i contribute said just now, we appear to have a situation of conflicting aircraft on one runway, that is something that should not happen. we have had the rescue aircraft that was going to the earthquake zone, to depart from that runway and the japan airlines one landing and the conflict should not have happened and it if it looked like it was going to happen they should have been an intervention from air traffic control or actions by the pilots to avoid getting onto the

runway in the case of the relief aircraft, or landing in the case of the airliner. that is theoretical. this is the heat of the moment. literally seconds to make such decisions. something has gone wrong which has caused that collision on the runway. which has caused that collision on the runway-— which has caused that collision on the runwa . , ., the runway. interesting that we were talkin: the runway. interesting that we were talking about — the runway. interesting that we were talking about this _ the runway. interesting that we were talking about this earlier, _ the runway. interesting that we were talking about this earlier, the - talking about this earlier, the scale of the fire as a result has been quite dramatic and david deas, who we were speaking to, he said he found that surprising, the scale of the fire. tell us about the fact is you think might be at play on that side. ~ ., . ., , you think might be at play on that side. ~ ., _, , ., ., , side. well, of course, we had a very intense impact _ side. well, of course, we had a very intense impact of _ side. well, of course, we had a very intense impact of two _ side. well, of course, we had a very intense impact of two aircraft - side. well, of course, we had a very intense impact of two aircraft at - intense impact of two aircraft at high speed. the aircraft on the ground, i don't know, i cannot tell from the video footage, whether it is moving but even if it was it would be low—speed. 0f is moving but even if it was it would be low—speed. of course the landing aircraft coming in at well over 100, 100 plus miles per hour. very high—speed indeed. so the damage to the aircraft was

immediate. most probably fuel tanks would have been ruptured. i don't want to speculate but that seems beyond a modest possibility, looking at the footage, and the rapid development of flames. having said that, trying to piece together different pieces of video you have shown, there was a period of time when quite a lot of the airliner is intact. the fact that the cabin crew were able to operate the safety procedures and get everybody out, thatis procedures and get everybody out, that is positive, remarkable, and exemplary intensive process. the aircraft was not consumed by flames at that point. the fire developed but obviously if fuel tanks were ruptured, and engines were still running, i don't know whether they wear or not, the flight crew would have looked to switch off the engines as soon as possible to avoid a source of combustion. that fire then spread. the fuel itself as a liquid spread widely and quickly and that leads to a propagation of fire

but the fact that the aircraft is made substantially out of carbon composite, a very tough and durable plastics, and while i don't know about specific burning characteristics of those kind of plastics, we know from more familiar domestic plastics, plastic bins and can be quite intense, it melts, it spreads almost like a pool of lava. 0ver spreads almost like a pool of lava. over time, spreads almost like a pool of lava. 0vertime, i spreads almost like a pool of lava. over time, i think this is why we are seeing a bigot fire developed but primarily it has happened after the evacuation had been accomplished.— the evacuation had been accomplished. the evacuation had been accomlished. ., , accomplished. can you see the ictures accomplished. can you see the pictures that — accomplished. can you see the pictures that we _ accomplished. can you see the pictures that we are _ accomplished. can you see the pictures that we are showing? | accomplished. can you see the| pictures that we are showing? i accomplished. can you see the - pictures that we are showing? i can see those- — pictures that we are showing? i can see those. what _ pictures that we are showing? i can see those. what we _ pictures that we are showing? i can see those. what we are _ pictures that we are showing? i can see those. what we are seeing - pictures that we are showing? i can| see those. what we are seeing with the firefighters, _ see those. what we are seeing with the firefighters, they _ see those. what we are seeing with the firefighters, they seem - see those. what we are seeing with the firefighters, they seem to - see those. what we are seeing with the firefighters, they seem to have | the firefighters, they seem to have got closer in now, so do you think they are starting to feel like they have got the fire under control? what is the significance of what they are looking at and dealing with? it they are looking at and dealing with? , ., ., ~' ~' they are looking at and dealing with? , ., ., ~ ~ ., , they are looking at and dealing with? , ~ ., , ., with? it is looking like a number of --eole with? it is looking like a number of people are — with? it is looking like a number of people are quite — with? it is looking like a number of people are quite close _ with? it is looking like a number of people are quite close to _ with? it is looking like a number of people are quite close to the - people are quite close to the aircraft, it seems the blaze is under control. it is hard to tell in

that bit of footage. it may be almost out but i would guess any fuel in the aircraft has either leaked out, been burnt or been suppressed by the fire suppressant foam that they use. the plastics may be under control and they will look closely at other sources of fire that will need to be addressed. another element of this is there are a lot of electrical systems and wiring on an aircraft, so they could also cause challenges in managing the whole situation of the fire. it is not only fuel and fabrication materials of the aircraft itself. thank you very much indeed, john strickland, for your time and your analysis. stay with us here on bbc news as we continue our live coverage of the plane on fire at tokyo airport. plenty more also for you on our website any time but we are monitoring that breaking story

live, the plane on fire at tokyo airport. stay with us on bbc news. hello. a new year, but another named storm. this morning the met office have named storm henk, the weather system which is crossing the uk today set to bring potential for damaging and disruptive winds. with it, they've issued a met office amber weather warning for strong winds across parts of the south—west, south—east wales, the m4 corridor, south midlands towards east anglia. these are where the peak gusts are likely to be 60, maybe 70mph, causing some problems, but even more widely across the south we could still see winds top 60mph outside that warning area. some very strong winds today in the north of scotland. in between, the winds much lighter, but rain could be more of an issue. rain's the added feature to this storm, causing some flooding potentially across parts of wales, the midlands. that rain this afternoon sliding across northern england, the far south of scotland and just clips the east of northern ireland. it brightens up compared to this morning through central scotland. a brighter afternoon in southernmost counties,

that rain eases, but the winds will continue to strengthen. a particularly wild evening rush hour across some of the south, particularly east anglia and the south—east before that rain gradually clears. lots of surface water and spray on the roads into the first part of the night and then, later on, a scattering of showers mainly across the south and the west, some of those heavy and thundery. more in the way of persistent rain in 0rkney, with some sleet and snow mixed in shetland — two degrees here, but milder elsewhere to start the day. storm henk, though, is off in towards northern europe as we go through into wednesday. we're still left with a broad area of low pressure, though, and that means we're going to see it as a feeding ground for showers. more persistent rain through 0rkney, sleet and snow mixed in in shetland with strong winds remaining, and still blustery across the south, but nowhere near as windy as today. where you see the showers, especially across central parts of the country, they could be slow moving, there could be some heavy and thundery ones, but there will be some on wednesday who stay dry and a good deal brighter than you'll see through this afternoon. temperatures down a little bit,

but still above where they should be for this stage in january. a colder night to take us into thursday. there's still a chance of some showers around, more particularly the north and the west, but an increased likelihood we could see some more persistent rain through the channel islands just clip into southern counties of england as we go through the second half of the day. temperatures starting to drop, but that area of rain and low pressure will move out the way as we go through into friday. a few showers around on friday, but then for the weekend and beyond it looks like we should see a longer spell of drier weather. it will feel colder with overnight frost and fog, but thankfully no named storms.

back to our breaking story, fire crews at haneda international airport are tackling a serious place on board ourjapan airlines aeroplane. these are live pictures. we have seen the flame steadily engulfed the craft. it collided with a coastguard plane on the runway. this was the moment the plane landed at haneda international airport. most of the 379 people on board the plane had been safely evacuated, or all of them in fact according to japan airlines, although several are missing, but they are from the coastguard aircraft that was involved in the collision. the aircraft had arrived in tokyo from