officials at the air self-defense base in naha say the helicopter was carrying sdf personnel. they say the pilot mistook controller's instructions as meant for his helicopter. >> translator: it's very regrettable that such an incident occurred. we'll work on safety measures to ensure something like this doesn't happen again. >> passengers on the ana jet say they were surprised when the plane came to a sudden stop. >> translator: it could have led to a serious accident. i was kind of shocked. >> the controllers ordered the japan transocean air jet to abandon its landing, but the plane failed to comply. >>> officials at the organization for economic cooperation and development have released their outlook for the world economy. ai uchida joins us from the business desk. what was the view on the japanese economy? >> officials did downgrade their projections for growth this year. they they said consumer spending is increasing and said corporate capital investment is weak. oecd officials said this japan's domestic product will grow 0.7% this year. but for 2016 oecd officials raised

and towards naha seeing the dry conditions and sunny conditions. highs in the low 30s for the rest of the week. we're going to look at the forecast for north america. notice the clouds building into the great lakes. there were 13 tornado reports that came out of this particular system as we went through the day. cold front pushing towards the east. wrapping this around. this is slamming into the warm air. that's where we're seeing the high chance for another severe weather situation as we go through tuesday. enhanced risk north of new york into massachusetts and also into places like vermont and new hampshire. so look out for that. but even a slight risk extended out to washington, d.c. and as far south as kentucky. and also back over into the dakotas is a lookout for the possibility of tornadoes with flash flooding and strong thunderstorms in place. again, very active weather pattern on the eastern seaboard of the united states as we go through tuesday. a quick look at what's happening in europe. we have a low pressure system moving across central

. >> reporter: it's the middle of the night at the naha airport. cargo planes are landing one after the other. around the clock operations give the airport an advantage as a distribution hub for asia. cargo planes fly from here to four cities in japan and eight in asia. the destinations include singapore and bangkok. they plan to addnew routes to manila this year. some of asia's biggest cities can be reached from okinawa in no more than four to five hours by plane. 2 billion people live within that distance. this means food can be sent to consumers very quickly. naha airport handled the total cargo volume of nearly 180,000 tons last year. that's up 30% from two years earlier. japanese delivery firm yamato transport used refrigerated containers. the cargo carriers fly overnight so that fresh food items can be delivered the following day. the services are creating business opportunities for people in okinawa. this man runs a food retailer specializing in local fruit and vegetables. he started to use yamato's refrigerated delivery service to transport

naha, we're look at these digits likely to continue.tures hitting over 33 degrees from like 9:00 a.m. into 7:00 p.m. so that's when the heat stroke levels will be increased. out here across the americas we're looking at severe weather happening across the great lakens region in the upper midwest 150 kilometers in illinois and indiana and that's likely to pull in again across the lower great lakes region. the lightnings will be quite frequent across these locations but you can see the fatal lightening incidents occur mostly from june into august and this is the time of the year where we actually go out and enjoy recreational activities and that's why this occurs so please watch out for the cumulous clouds coming your way. the hot spot is going to be here in the southeast, washington d.c., take a look at that 36 for your high today. i'll leave you now for your extended forecast. >> and that's all for this edition of "news line." i'm kathryn announcer: "euromaxx highlights." and here's your host, karin helmstaedt. karin: hi there, and welc

but naha staying dry. highs will be in the low 30s. hope you have a good day wherever you are. here's your extended outlook. >>> and there are more details coming in about the possible terror attack in france. local media are reporting one person has been beheaded in the nation's southeast. and the explosion at the factory where the body was found has injured several others. they say authorities have arrested one person at the site. they say the blast occurred after a car was crushed into the entrance. and a flag bearing islamic inscriptions was found similar to the ones group islamic state uses. french interior minister is inspecting the site. reuters news agency says the factory belongs to a u.s.-based company called air products. french government officials have raised the country's terror alert level in the region. >>> and that's it for this hour on "newsline." i'm keikichi hanada. on behalf of our team, thank you for staying with us. paper legality so that the things they need to do in order to do their jobs effectively they are legally able to do, not that they were not d