A horrific accident happened on Friday night, while a Frontier Airlines jet was attempting to take off, and I can only imagine how unpleasant this must’ve been for everyone involved. While I first covered this yesterday, I’d like to provide an update, as some more details have emerged about how exactly this incident happened.
Continue reading: Awful: Frontier Airlines A321neo Hits Person On Runway At Denver Airport
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And of course, there are now pics on the internet of passengers hanging around and taking pics of the engine after going down the slide. Gotta make sure they document their experience on social media. Smh
Is it me or have events at US airports become more common over the last year?
It feels like every week there is a mistake or an incident of some kind and this frequency feels much higher than it used to
“…especially the pilots, as I don’t think there’s anything that can mentally prepare you for striking a person on a runway (that’s not something pilots can really be properly prepared for)...”
But now that I know it’s possible, a pilot can hope.
Who pays for the plane damage? Airport or Frontier? I would assume the former.
Denver Post says, in an article updated five minutes ago: “A pedestrian was struck and killed by a Frontier Airlines flight at Denver International Airport late Friday night after jumping a perimeter fence and running onto the runway, DIA officials said.” So, not someone getting out of the terminal. A drunken stunt, or something more nefarious?
The family of the man who got hit, or else taxpayers.
Private sector should never have to pay for anything, but should reap the rewards of industry.
It's part of privatizing profits and socializing losses.
You of all people should know this, RWNJ Sel D.
The airport also posted that the pedestrian scaled a fence to access the runway.
You can't stop ALL crazy and stupid people from doing crazy and stupid things. DEN is in the middle of nowhere. This fool would have been wandering around dangerous areas outside of planes coming down the runway at 150 miles an hour.
"A drunken stunt, or something more nefarious?"
Are those really the only two options you can come up with?
The pedestrian death came a day after a Delta Air Lines employee was killed while on the job at the Orlando International Airport. In a statement, the airline said the employee was killed Thursday night without providing details of the incident or the name of the employee.
@TravelinPenis.......please remember to take your medications before you start your computer.
Everyone behind the scenes at DEN can see he was an intruder. But some still persist in misleadingly calling him a mere 'pedestrian'. FFS....if you walk on public footpaths, you're a pedestrian. When you illegally enter restricted space, you're an intruder. Big difference.
Referring to passengers on board as "souls on board" seems macabre since there was no mass fatality. Is this a mid-west or Colorado thing?
Also the "pedestrian" hit was either off his face or otherwise hellbent on committing suicide. I'm thinking the former.
"Souls on board" doesn't only refer to the passengers, the flight crew and cabin crew and any other extra is included in the head count.
"Souls" I believe is the only English language that could be understandable by almost all countries.
Using "BODIES" could be any option but some might think of it as if you're referring to the dead already.
Aviation communication is standardised across all countries, it's expected to be short, precise and yet still very understandable even to a non native English speaker.
hi! can someone please explain how the fire in the engine is related to striking someone? is it from the strike? from having to stop so abruptly? or something else entirely? thank you!
It originated in maritime terminology, and obviously has the benefit of distinguishing between people that are alive and those that are dead. Many planes and ships will be carrying people that are deceased (either dying en-route, or being repatriated). As such, in an incident, it means rescuers aren't searching for example, for 3 extra bodies that were being repatriated but could obviously never be saved.
When the person got sucked into the engine it caused a fan blade (or multiple blades) to separate from the disc which results in the engine ingesting all of that debris.
The engine literally eats itself.
The good news is that it was a contained engine failure because an uncontained failure could have been much worse.
Hopefully that helps explain a little bit.
The airline's insurer, which may then subrogate against other insurers, say airport's insurer, etc.
People aren't usually on the runway like that. Clearly the person knew what they were doing or purposely did it
I do think "intruder" rather than "person" in the headline would communicate more effectively - I first thought that it indicated an ATC failure re giving clearance when maintenance was happening.