Frontier Airlines plane fatally strikes person during takeoff at Denver airport

Passengers evacuated safely after person jumped perimeter fence and walked on to runway, airport spokesperson says

A Frontier Airlines plane hit and killed a person on the runway of Denver’s international airport during takeoff, sparking an engine fire and forcing passengers to evacuate, authorities said.

The plane, headed to Los Angeles, “reported striking a pedestrian during takeoff” at about 11.19pm on Friday, the Denver airport’s official X account wrote.

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15 thoughts on “Frontier Airlines plane fatally strikes person during takeoff at Denver airport

  1. The plane, headed to Los Angeles, “reported striking a pedestrian during takeoff” at about 11.19pm on Friday, the Denver airport’s official X account wrote. Meanwhile passengers evacuated safely after person jumped perimeter fence and walked on to runway, airport spokesperson.

  2. Basically passengers evacuated safely after person jumped perimeter fence and walked on to runway, airport spokesperson. What matters is whether anything changes because of it.

  3. A Frontier Airlines plane hit and killed a person on the runway of Denver’s international airport during takeoff, sparking an engine fire and forcing passengers to evacuate, authorities said. Meanwhile the plane, headed to Los Angeles, “reported striking a pedestrian during takeoff” at about 11.19pm on Friday, the Denver airport’s official X account wrote.

  4. The bigger issue here is passengers evacuated safely after person jumped perimeter fence and walked on to runway, airport spokesperson. That changes the calculation.

  5. If the plane, headed to Los Angeles, “reported striking a pedestrian during takeoff” at about 11.19pm on Friday, the Denver airport’s official X account wrote, then the bigger picture starts to look very different.

  6. If a Frontier Airlines plane hit and killed a person on the runway of Denver’s international airport during takeoff, sparking an engine fire and forcing passengers to evacuate, authorities said, then the bigger picture starts to look very different.

  7. When you look at passengers evacuated safely after person jumped perimeter fence and walked on to runway, airport spokesperson, the implications are hard to ignore.

  8. Reading that the plane, headed to Los Angeles, “reported striking a pedestrian during takeoff” at about 11.19pm on Friday, the Denver airport’s official X account wrote — hard to argue with the logic there.

  9. When you look at a Frontier Airlines plane hit and killed a person on the runway of Denver’s international airport during takeoff, sparking an engine fire and forcing passengers to evacuate, authorities said, the implications are hard to ignore.

  10. The detail about a Frontier Airlines plane hit and killed a person on the runway of Denver’s international airport during takeoff, sparking an engine fire and forcing passengers to evacuate, authorities said is something people should sit with.

  11. What stands out is the plane, headed to Los Angeles, “reported striking a pedestrian during takeoff” at about 11.19pm on Friday, the Denver airport’s official X account wrote. That is the part worth paying attention to.

  12. The bigger issue here is the plane, headed to Los Angeles, “reported striking a pedestrian during takeoff” at about 11.19pm on Friday, the Denver airport’s official X account wrote. That changes the calculation.

  13. Passengers evacuated safely after person jumped perimeter fence and walked on to runway, airport spokesperson. Meanwhile a Frontier Airlines plane hit and killed a person on the runway of Denver’s international airport during takeoff, sparking an engine fire and forcing passengers to evacuate, authorities said.

  14. In other words passengers evacuated safely after person jumped perimeter fence and walked on to runway, airport spokesperson. Curious to see how this develops.

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