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Aerial views reveal horror of Japanese tragedy
Photos taken from chartered flight show the extent of destruction caused by the recent tsunami in Japan
This aerial view taken on March 14, 2011 during an AFP-chartered flight shows a Japanese Air Self Defence Force plane pushed into a hangar by the tsunami at a base in Higashimatsushima in Miyagi prefecture three days after a massive 8.9 magnitude earthquake and tsunami devastated the coast of eastern Japan (Getty Images)
The quake-tsunami disaster is feared to have killed more than 10,000 people (Getty Images)
This aerial view taken on March 14, 2011 during an AFP-chartered flight shows boats washed ashore near Sendai in Miyagi prefecture three days after a massive 8.9 magnitude earthquake and tsunami devastated the coast of eastern Japan (Getty Images)
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This aerial shot shows a pleasure boat sitting on top of a building amid a sea of debris in Otsuchi town in Iwate prefecture on March 14, 2011 following the March 11 tsunam (Getty Images)
This aerial view taken on March 14, 2011 during an AFP-chartered flight shows a ship washed ashore near Sendai in Miyagi prefecture three days after a massive 8.9 magnitude earthquake and tsunami devastated the coast of eastern Japan (Getty Images)
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This aerial view taken on March 14, 2011 during an AFP-chartered flight shows an area destroyed by the tsunami in Sendai in Miyagi prefecture three days after a massive 8.9 magnitude earthquake and tsunami devastated the coast of eastern Japan (Getty Images)
This aerial view taken on March 14, 2011 during an AFP-chartered flight shows cars burnt out by fires triggered by the tsunami lined up near Sendai in Miyagi prefecture three days after a massive 8.9 magnitude earthquake and tsunami devastated the coast of eastern Japan (Getty Images)
This aerial view taken on March 14, 2011 during an AFP-chartered flight shows cars burnt out by fires triggered by the tsunami lined up near Sendai in Miyagi prefecture three days after a massive 8.9 magnitude earthquake and tsunami devastated the coast of eastern Japan (Getty Images)
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An aerial picture taken on March 14, 2011 shows the devastated city of Minamisanriku, in Miyagi prefecture, after a tsunami almost entirely wiped out the coastal city following a monster earthquake on March 11 (Getty Images)
An aerial picture taken on March 14, 2011 shows the devastated city of Minamisanriku, in Miyagi prefecture, after a tsunami almost entirely wiped out the coastal city following a monster earthquake on March 11 (Getty Images)
Debris and crushed vehicles lie piled up in the city centre of Ofunato in Iwate prefecture on March 14, 2011 three days after an 8.9 magnitude earthquake and resulting tsunami hit the region (Getty Images)
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