Frontier plane hits, kills person on runway during takeoff at Denver airport
The airport said the person jumped a perimeter fence and isn’t believed to have been an airport employee.
Oh man! I think they're specifically avoiding saying how this person died, but if there was engine fire...
https://coloradosun.com/2026/05/09/denver-airport-runway-pedestrian-frontier-airlines/Open linkView original on piefed.social
More news abbot this:
https://coloradosun.com/2026/05/11/frontier-airlines-evacuation-denver-ntsb-review/
And one interesting / depressing bit from that:
Some people's children, I swear...
This is exactly why we have fire drills, FFS!
My wife and I had this same discussion today. If they got sucked in, how incredibly gruesome that scene must have been.
How the eff did they even get out there that far?
I have a friend that's a Captain for a rival airline here in Denver, hopefully I can get some more details (and may regret doing so)