{"id":67,"date":"2026-05-09T13:33:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T13:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coloradorelocationreport.com\/?p=67"},"modified":"2026-05-09T13:33:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T13:33:19","slug":"frontier-plane-hits-person-on-runway-during-takeoff-at-denver-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coloradorelocationreport.com\/?p=67","title":{"rendered":"Frontier plane hits person on runway during takeoff at Denver airport"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>A Frontier Airlines plane hit a pedestrian on the runway of the Denver International Airport during takeoff, airport authorities said, sparking an engine fire and forcing passengers to evacuate.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradorelocationreport.com\/?p=65\">Lake Powell forecast to receive 13% of its usual flows, new report shows<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The plane, on route from Denver to Los Angeles International Airport, \u201creported striking a pedestrian during takeoff at DEN at approximately 11:19 p.m. on Friday,\u201d the airport\u2019s official X account wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Neither the airport nor the airline has disclosed the pedestrian\u2019s condition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re stopping on the runway,\u201d the pilot tells the control tower according to the site ATC.com. \u201cWe just hit somebody. We have an engine fire.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The pilot tells the air traffic controller they have \u201c231 souls\u201d on board and that and \u201cindividual was walking across the runway.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The air traffic controller responds that they are \u201crolling the trucks now\u201d before the pilot tells the tower they \u201chave smoke in the aircraft. We are going to evacuate on the runway.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradorelocationreport.com\/?p=63\">Rumors of ruined Western Slope peach crop were greatly exaggerated, growers say<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Frontier Airlines said in a statement flight 4345 was the one involved in the collision and that \u201csmoke was reported in the cabin and the pilots aborted takeoff.\u201d It was not clear whether the smoke was linked to the crash with the pedestrian.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Airbus A321 was carrying 224 passengers and seven crew members,\u201d the airline said. \u201cWe are investigating this incident and gathering more information in coordination with the airport and other safety authorities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Passengers were then evacuated via slides and the emergency crew bused them to the terminal.<\/p>\n<p>Denver Airport said the National Transportation Safety Board had been notified and that runway 17L, where the incident took place, will remain closed while an investigation is conducted.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradorelocationreport.com\/?p=61\">What\u2019s Working: Swipe fees, AI and other legislation Colorado businesses are cheering or fearing<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Frontier Airlines plane hit a pedestrian on the runway of the Denver International Airport&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":66,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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