"Officials have identified the man who walked in front of an L.A.-bound Frontier plane during takeoff and was fatally struck by its engine, which burst into flames upon impact, forcing an emergency evacuation and injuring a dozen passengers."
"Michael Mott, 41, died from multiple blunt force injuries in the collision on the Denver Airport runway Friday night, according to Denver Chief Medical Examiner Sterling McLaren. His manner of death was ruled a suicide, but officials have not recovered a note, she said."
"Surveillance camera footage captured Mott scaling an 8-foot fence topped with barbed wire at the perimeter of the airport in just 15 seconds, then walking across the runway. Two minutes later, the right engine of a plane traveling 150 mph slammed into Mott, bursting into flame upon impact."
"Mott set off a security alarm when he jumped the fence, but the operator on duty mistook the cause of the alert as a herd of deer just outside the fence. "The camera view was alternating between the wildlife and the individual,""
A man identified as Michael Mott, 41, died from multiple blunt force injuries after walking in front of an L.A.-bound Frontier plane during takeoff at a Denver Airport runway. The right engine traveling about 150 mph struck him, burst into flames on impact, and forced an emergency evacuation that injured about a dozen passengers. Medical officials ruled the manner of death a suicide but said no note had been recovered. Court records show Mott had been arrested 20 times in Colorado on suspicion of violent felonies including attempted murder, domestic violence, and assault, with a recent arrest for trespassing, property damage, and resisting arrest. Surveillance footage showed him scaling an 8-foot barbed-wire fence in about 15 seconds and crossing the runway. A security alarm triggered when he jumped the fence, but the operator mistook it for deer due to alternating camera views.
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