Horror as Frontier Airlines flight carrying over 200 people kills man on runway after he’s ‘sucked into engine’
A man died after being struck by a Frontier Airlines plane during takeoff at Denver International Airport on Friday night.
The incident happened as Frontier Flight 4345 was preparing to depart for Los Angeles International Airport. According to ABC News, the individual was reportedly walking on the runway when the aircraft hit them during takeoff. Air traffic control audio captured the moment the pilot alerted the tower to the emergency.
“Tower, Frontier 4345, we’re stopping on the runway… Uh, we just hit somebody… we have an engine fire,” the pilot said, according to VT.
The pilot later added: “We’ve got smoke on the aircraft, we’re gonna evacuate on the runway.”
When asked how many people were onboard, the pilot reportedly responded: “We have 231 souls on board… There was an individual walking across the runway.”
