Man who ran in front of Frontier plane died by suicide: Medical examiner

The man who ran in front of a Frontier Airlines plane at Denver International Airport last Friday died by suicide, the local medical examiner confirmed on Tuesday.

Michael Mott, 41, trespassed onto airport property by jumping over the perimeter fence just before 11:20 p.m. as the Los Angeles-bound flight was lifting for takeoff. He got caught in the engine, leading to a brief fire and causing pilots to evacuate the jet.

Chief Medical Examiner Sterling McLaren determined Mott’s death was caused by multiple blunt and sharp force injuries, tentatively concluding he wanted to commit suicide based on the evidence.

“As a scientific investigation, we can’t really know, really, what someone’s intent was,” McLaren said at a press conference. “The best way to determine manner is to evaluate the totality of the investigation — scene findings, circumstances, and history. Based on all of those findings together, we determined the manner of death to