A Frontier Airlines flight fatally struck a person walking on the Denver airport runway Friday night, igniting an engine fire and forcing passengers to evacuate on emergency slides.
Pilots aboard Frontier Flight 4345, which was scheduled to fly to Los Angeles International Airport, reported “striking a pedestrian during takeoff” from Denver International Airport at 11:19 p.m, airline officials reported.
Air traffic control audio from ATC.com, which was posted on social media, captured the crew reporting the emergency to the tower, .
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“Tower, Frontier 4345, we’re stopping on the runway. Uh, we just hit somebody… we have an engine fire,” the pilot is heard on the audio from ATC.
When asked how many people were aboard, the pilot responded, “We have 231 souls on board. … There was an individual walking across the runway.”
Moments later, the pilot reported worsening conditions and the need to evacuate.
“We’ve got
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