"“reported striking a pedestrian during takeoff at DEN at approximately 11:19 p.m. on Friday,” the airport's official X account wrote."
"“We're stopping on the runway,” the pilot tells the control tower according to the site ATC.com. “We just hit somebody. We have an engine fire.” The pilot tells the air traffic controller they have “231 souls” on board and that and “individual was walking across the runway.”"
"The air traffic controller responds that they are “rolling the trucks now” before the pilot tells the tower they “have smoke in the aircraft. We are going to evacuate on the runway.”"
"Frontier Airlines said in a statement flight 4345 was the one involved in the collision and that “smoke was reported in the cabin and the pilots aborted takeoff.” It was not clear whether the smoke was linked to the crash with the pedestrian."
A Frontier Airlines Airbus A321 struck a pedestrian on the runway at Denver International Airport during takeoff. The flight reported striking a pedestrian at about 11:19 p.m., and the incident triggered an engine fire. The pilot reported stopping on the runway, having smoke in the aircraft, and planning to evacuate on the runway. Air traffic control coordinated emergency response, including deploying trucks. The pedestrian who entered the airport by jumping a perimeter fence died, and the person was not believed to be an airport employee. The aircraft carried 224 passengers and seven crew members. Passengers evacuated using slides and were transported to the terminal by emergency buses. Twelve passengers had minor injuries and five were taken to local hospitals. The National Transportation Safety Board was notified, and runway 17L remained closed.
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