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On 2 January 2024, an Airbus A350-900 (JA13XJ) operated by Japan Airlines on a scheduled domestic passenger flight from New Chitose to Tokyo Haneda as JA516 had just made a night touchdown in visual meteorological conditions (VMC) on runway 24R when it collided with a Bombardier DHC8-300 (JA722A) operated by the Japanese Coast Guard on a nonscheduled cargo flight from Tokyo Haneda to Niigata. The DHC8 had entered the same runway contrary to air traffic control (ATC) instructions in the belief that such a clearance had been given. Both aircraft were extensively damaged by the collision and both caught fire. Five of the six occupants of the DHC8 were killed and one was seriously injured. Once the A350 had come to a stop after veering off the runway, a successful emergency evacuation of all 379 occupants was completed shortly before the fire engulfed the passenger cabin and rapidly intensified, leading to the destruction of the aircraft. One passenger was seriously injured after falling during the evacuation.