this is due to a news line from berlin a passenger jet went down in kazakhstan killing at least 12 people shortly after take off the back airplane crashed in the city of almighty slamming into a building miraculously dozens made it out alive also coming up no let out of australia continues to battle wildfires raging much of the country the people are bracing for an extreme heat wave and strong winds this weekend of floridians are calling in the army to help contain the flames and nelson preserves its newest mars

probe the undermanned vehicle is scheduled to blast off of the red planet next summer we will find out what's so special about this mission. and why our thank you so much for your company everyone well we start in kazakhstan where authorities are trying to determine what caused an airliner to crash shortly after takeoff from the city of almighty the backer jet was bound for kazakhstan's capital more soltani with $98.00 passengers and crew on board 12 were killed in the crash more than 50 have been hospitalized the aircraft's black box has been found and is being analyzed. searching for signs of life in subfreezing temperatures the plane was ripped into pieces after losing altitude during takeoff it crashed into this house which was vacant due to construction the airliner was destined for

the capital nor seoul 10 but it fell off the radar just minutes after departing from almaty airport on friday morning 98 people were on board. friends and family of the passengers waited anxiously for updates the hospital revealed the extent of the injuries. on the ship the rule of the patients was seriously traumatized 11 people hospitalized in the intensive care unit and 6 patients and a wind surgery. unfortunately 2 people died due to very serious injuries psychologists are on hand to assist relatives and patients. can sack authorities immediately grounded the country's fokker $100.00 models and launched an investigation they say the plane had difficulty during takeoff. he'll be taking the aircraft touched the runway with its tail twice

a technical commission will establish whether this was pilot error or for technical reasons because you know. for your own behalf of the government of kazakhstan i would like to express my condolences to the families of the victims. nobody will be left without the support of the state of the people vote for bush the plane was 23 years old and officials say it passed safety checks inmate the president has declared saturday as a day of mourning. our let's get you more on this want to turn now to aviation specialist julian bray he joins us from the u.k. a very good day mr brit because excel flight was carrying 93 passengers and 5 crew sadly 12 people were killed in the crash but what is so remarkable that all of the other passengers just walked away from the from the wreckage so to speak how

is that possible. yes gravely and it's interesting because the front end of the aircraft separates did not seek off it she went into the side of this building and the rear tile section also separated leaving the hole in the middle intact and so people were actually able to walk off that particular aircraft another thing about the fokker of course is that it has 2 engines and their right are the real of the aircraft and this is to be relevant because there was no fire involved in this crash it came down it spits out unfortunately some people died but it didn't catch fine all right so that was kind of the saving grace for those passengers you didn't make it out alive i understand now the black the plane's black box recorders have been located they're being analyzed the investigation has begun can you help us walk us through the process now. yes

there either one or 2 black boxes on board depending on the variant of the aircraft and what this is this is a data recorder and the data on the voice recorder what it does it records everything that happens on that aircraft on a continuous loop so. the slower to the investigations will be able to put together the exact. pictures natural to if you like a what was happening on that plane before it finally crashed the point is they will actually have all the conversations between the pilots and the controlled. the talk between the pilots and then the other noises inside the aircraft they will also have electronic trail every switch every relay and the thing that moved mechanically or electronically that will be recorded as well so they can actually

play it and they can find out exactly what's happening to that aircraft now mystery of course what happens whenever there is a plane crash people start asking about safety standards in a particular country so help us understand what is the safety of the track of the country's health and safety standards in central asia and also the track record of the fokker plane. well the fokker 100 they actually ceased to make these in the mid ninety's the company went bust and various assets were sold off to other people and there is talk of servicing company that actually controls asserting all the remaining aircraft so i'm not too worried about that i think the aircraft would be maintained to a certain level otherwise it wouldn't get certified they wouldn't certified it would be taken out of service rather like the max a in the merc stands a boeing are going through at the moment if it doesn't meet certain requirements

it's not going to fly but what i am concerned about is that when it was taking off people have been say that the tail hit the runway a couple of times now to me that was suggests that it wasn't loaded properly there's quite a lot of people on board think it takes about 120 tops so they did a 100 souls on board plus all the luggage it's a holiday period now if the luggage isn't stowed properly and the loading of the aircraft isn't right now because that could affect the whole trim of the aircraft so we're not necessarily saying this is pilot error which is a that could it could is another factor that has to be taken into account and hopefully the black boxes will actually tell us whether we're right or wrong on that aviation specials julian bray talking to us from the u.k. sir thank you so much for weighing in thank you and i want to tell you now about

some of the other stories making news around the world. iran has begun naval exercises with its russian and chinese allies the drills are taking place in the gulf of oman which links to iran's strait of hormuz a vital transit route for the world's oil tankers in iranian admiral says the drill show the country cannot be isolated on the seas. muslims in indonesia have been protesting outside the chinese embassy in jakarta demanding an end to detentions of ethnic we grow muslims an estimated $1000000.00 we girls are believed to be detained in camps in china subject to political indoctrination and the mission has the world's largest muslim population japan says it's delaying a cleanup plan for the sticking stricken rather fukushima daiichi nuclear plant by up to 5 years well that means removal of spent radioactive fuel inside the facility won't begin before 2024 the plant suffered meltdowns at 3 of its 6 reactors in

2011 after an earthquake and tsunami and there we're going to move on now to australia because the army there has now been called up to help fight wildfires burning in the air the country's largest city of sydney authorities are bracing for an extreme heat wave this weekend following a few days of cooler weather fire has consumed millions of hectors of land across the country over the past 6 weeks at least 9 people have been killed. not just thought you might expect at one of australia's most popular tourist sites visitors to the blue mountains west of sydney a force to wear face masks as a smoke from nearby bush 5 spills the ask the iconic rock formations are barely visible in the haze. it's really disappointing here it is looking forward to seeing if you have always wanted to play not insert such a shame when we kind of all know. that that problem is small compared to the

challenge firefighters in new south wales are set to face at the weekend. after a brief for spite securing a few days of damp a weather over christmas temperatures are again expected to seoul bringing new risks. that's going to bring not just the heat have a central australia we're going to see the temperatures up into the low to mid forty's across a lot of areas but it's going to be a very draw year as well so that's going to elevate far dangers and we know the winds are going to start turning around to the west in the northwest which is was so much work has been going on over this last week while conditions are more more out. some 70 fires are burning near sydney new south wales more than 1000 firefighters and now the military are in action across the state trying to contain the fires and prevent them from reaching more inhabited areas. way just putting it back in time and law in detroit prevent the far from heading towards coastal

villages already more than $850.00 homes have been raised in new south wales. authorities are also working to protect infrastructure surrounding a vital dam west of sydney that provides water to around $4000000.00 people in the city but which could be at risk if the fire spread next thing california now so it's showcasing a spacecraft that's scheduled for a lodge to mars next summer while the u.s. space agency wants to send the unmanned rover to the surface of the red planet partially to look for signs of past life while nasa says there were over has already passed its 1st driving test if all goes well the craft could land on mars by early 2021 well it's one of 4 launches to the planet slated for next year it is a crowded field and we're so happy they have kids counting from washington d.c. joining us he's an astrobiologist formerly with nasa an editor of a nasa watch dot com keith before we start can you tell us what does an

astrobiologist do. well we study the origin evolution and distribution of life in the universe are at it in a nutshell that now that we've established that nasa already of course conducted over a dozen successful missions to mars what sets this one apart well this is an upgrade of the sort of improved version of the mars 12 of them are science lab which has been on mars for some years this rover is going to get down and actually see you know with the right test whether there was life on mars possibly even if there could still be some life on mars so it's asking the big question is asking the big question now china the european space agency and the united arab emirates are also sending spacecraft to mars next year this is a crowded field as i started say how much do the objects is different for these missions and when do you get better off to pull all the resources together well

they are actually pulling things together the u.a.e. spacecraft will be looking at mars whether china is going to be launching an orbiter but also is going to be putting a small lander that will be looking for something called bio signatures evidence of biological molecules on mars your europe's rosalind franklin rover from excell mars will be doing the same thing as will the mars 2020 rover so those 3 rovers plus the mars science laboratory going for rovers on mars all of them are looking for evidence of past and possibly present life so it's going to be sort of a in astrobiology festival you know in 2020 but it requires very exciting indeed how these missions focus primarily on studying the conditions on the red planet how can their findings be applied on earth. well it's interesting you know mars at one point had conditions very similar to earth since because of solar activity and whatnot dried out lost a lot of its atmosphere and so the process of how it cooled and how its climate changed it can house a relevance to earth each earth is

a planet too we seem to forget that but you know the one way you can best understand planets is you can study more than one of them and when you look at earth you look at venus and you look at mars you get an idea of why we're so special and perhaps how we should be paying a little more attention to take care of this planet what is the most challenging part of this mission. a landing and it's of it's a giant it's the size of the last movie i mean this is a big rover and once it lands are you have to test it out and so forth and then the real you know question is do we look in the right places for the stuff that we want to fly that's ends up being the most challenging thing because we've never been to these places before and we're just like looking down from orbit say looks like a good spot let's check out our eye to keith cowing asser biologist a formerly with nasa and editor of nasa watch dot com talking to us from washington d.c. search thank you for weighing in greatly appreciate it my pleasure and that does it for us coming up next as africa business update with kate ferguson will also bring

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