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A Frontier Airlines flight accelerating for takeoff struck and killed a person who had jumped a perimeter fence and walked onto the runway at Denver International Airport late Friday, causing an engine fire and evacuation that injured 12 people.<\/p>\n

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Emergency crews responded to the airport at 11:19 p.m. after Flight 4345 reported striking a pedestrian during takeoff, DIA officials said in a statement early Saturday.<\/p>\n

Denver Fire Department crews quickly extinguished the engine fire on the Airbus A321, and passengers evacuated the plane via slides. Twelve people reported minor injuries, and five were taken to the hospital, according to the airport.<\/p>\n

A video shared by a passenger on social media showed the Los Angeles-bound flight speeding up for takeoff before the collision, then a loud noise as flames and debris are seen outside the plane, near wing and engine.<\/p>\n

Airport officials said the pedestrian, who has not been identified, jumped over a perimeter fence about two minutes before the crash. DIA officials do not believe the person was an airport employee.<\/p>\n

Airport workers \u201cexamined the fence line and found it to be intact,\u201d DIA leaders said on X at 7:31 a.m.<\/p>\n

Air traffic control recordings confirmed the crash and engine fire, according to the site ATC.com.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re stopping on the runway,\u201d the pilot told the control tower in the recording. \u201cWe just hit somebody. We have an engine fire.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The air traffic controller responded that they are \u201crolling the trucks now\u201d before the pilot told the tower about \u201csmoke in the aircraft. We are going to evacuate on the runway.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\ud83d\udea8 #BREAKING \ud83d\udea8 #DenverAirport Frontier Airlines Flight 4345 hits person on runway \u2014 Engine fire reported.<\/p>\n

ATC Audio:
\u2022 \u201cTower, Frontier 4345, we\u2019re stopping on the runway.\u201d
\u2022 \u201cUh, there we just hit somebody\u2026 we have an engine fire.\u201d
Crew reports 231 souls on board + fuel\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/D0yVxN0HBp<\/p>\n

\u2014 SLCScanner (@SLCScanner) May 9, 2026<\/p>\n

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There were 223 passengers and seven crew members on the Frontier flight, and most passengers were taken to the terminal by bus and have since left on a different Frontier flight, DIA and airline officials said.<\/p>\n

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One of those passengers, Victoria Lohman, told Denver7 she heard a \u201chuge bang\u201d as the plane was going down the runway.<\/p>\n

\u201cEveryone got really frightened, and understandably so,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Another passenger, Jacob Athens, posted a video showing people sliding down with their backpacks. He also posted photos of what looked like a damaged engine.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs we were lifting off, the engine of the plane exploded. There was so much smoke we couldn\u2019t even see 1 ft in front of us,\u201d Athens said on his Facebook page, adding that passengers had to wait for more than an hour on the runway.<\/p>\n

Denver police said the crash is under investigation, and no additional information was available as of Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n

The crash did not appear to impact other DIA flights on Saturday, with only 113 delays and no canceled flights reported by airlines on FlightAware.<\/p>\n

Airport officials notified the National Transportation Safety Board about the collision and said runway 17L reopened as of 11 a.m.<\/p>\n

NTSB spokesperson Sarah Taylor Sulick said the agency is coordinating with the Federal Aviation Administration, airport authorities and local police to gather information about the crash. The FAA also confirmed an investigation.<\/p>\n

U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy released a statement about the crash on X, stating that \u201cno one should EVER trespass on an airport.\u201d<\/p>\n

The crash comes one day after a Delta Air Lines employee was killed while on the job at the Orlando International Airport in Florida. In a statement, Delta officials said the employee was killed Thursday night without providing details of the incident nor the name of the employee.<\/p>\n

The Associated Press contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n

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