Frontier Jet Strikes Person on Denver Runway, Forcing Evacuation
The airline said 224 passengers and seven crew members evacuated via slides after smoke was reported in the cabin and a brief engine fire broke out.
- A horrific accident occurred late Friday night, May 8, 2026, when a Frontier Airlines plane struck a pedestrian during its takeoff roll at Denver International Airport.
- Frontier Flight 4345, bound for Los Angeles with 231 people on board, was accelerating down Runway 17L at approximately 11:19 p.m. when the pilots reported striking an individual walking across the tarmac.
- The collision caused the individual to be ingested into one of the aircraft's engines, resulting in a brief engine fire and thick smoke filling the cabin. Passengers were forced to evacuate the aircraft using emergency slides on the runway while the Denver Fire Department extinguished the blaze; while one passenger sustained minor injuries, the pedestrian was confirmed deceased at the scene.
- The National Transportation Safety Board has launched an investigation into how the unidentified individual gained access to the restricted airfield, as early reports suggest the person was not part of a scheduled security inspection taking place nearby.
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As Plane Readied for Takeoff, a Spark, Then a Boom
A Frontier Airlines flight bound for Los Angeles aborted its takeoff from Denver on Friday evening after the jet fatally hit a person on the runway, officials said. Frontier and Denver International Airport say that Flight 4345, an Airbus A321 carrying 224 passengers and seven crew members, struck an individual...
Apparently the person jumped the perimeter fence of the airport and was run over two minutes later while crossing the runway.
A Frontier Airlines aircraft hit and killed a person while trying to take off from Denver International Airport, USA, Friday night, announced the authorities quoted by the BBC. The collision caused an engine fire, which the Denver firefighters managed to quickly extinguish, transmitted to the airport's representatives in a statement.
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