ExclusivePedestrian Dies After Being Hit by Frontier Airlines Plane That Was Taking Off at Denver Airport

Tower, Freighter 4345, we're stopping on the runway. We just hit somebody. We have an engine fire. Freighter 4345, I see that. A Frontier Airlines plane hit and killed a pedestrian on the runway of the Denver International Airport during takeoff on Saturday, airport authorities said, sparking an engine fire and forcing passengers to evacuate. The plane, en route from Denver to Los Angeles International Airport, reported striking a pedestrian during takeoff at D.E.N. at approximately 11.19 p.m. on Friday, the airport's official X account wrote. The Airbus A321 was carrying 224 passengers who were bussed to the terminal after the incident and the majority of them have departed the airport on a new Frontier flight, the airport said. Twelve people reported minor injuries and five of them were transported to local hospitals. A spokesperson for the airport said the pedestrian, who jumped a perimeter fence, has died. They said the unidentified person was hit two minutes after entering the airport. The person is not believed to be an airport employee.