Frontier Airlines jet bound for LAX hits person on runway in Denver, aviation source tells ABC News

"The person was at least partially consumed by one of the engines..."

Poor people that had to see that. It happened not too long ago in San Antonio. Guy just jumped in front of the engine and everyone watched.

Pardon me? How does that happen?

One thing I haven’t seen mentioned in the comments: this apparently happened around 11PM, so that would have made it harder for security/the pilots to see this guy

I have so many questions and I don't even know where to begin.

High likelihood this was a suicide...but I still have no sympathy for whoever walked on the runway and decided to end it this way. Pilots & ATC probably scared for life, 200+ passengers had to disembark and see this persons dead body...all for what?

To the earlier comment (which seems to have disappeared) about the aircraft having 231 souls on board: this isn't just about lingo, it's about aircraft that may be carrying human remains - in the event of an accident, they need a body count of living people. It also makes it immediate clear that crew, passengers, lap children, etc are accounted for.

those poor pilots and whatever ground crew had to watch it

Sounds like the engine basically ate the guy, which is both terrifying and a clear sign this person had no business being out there during takeoff. How do you even get past security and wander onto an active runway without anyone noticing?

As an aircraft mechanic, I’d probably pack up my box and leave before they even brought that jet back to the hangar. I don’t even want to imagine the horror it would involve to repair and return that aircraft to service. They may scrap the engine but they won’t scrap the airframe. It will be back in the fleet in a few years

Finally get to use that ICD 10 code: **V97.33XA:** Sucked into jet engine, initial encounter

Was the engine fire because of the person being "partially consumed?"

Seems like some one walked out on to the runway while the jet was taking off.

I don’t get people who want to commit suicide but then do it in way that traumatizes and or risks killing other people

Let's blame Sean Duffy for these airline incidents. He's the Transportation Secretary.

I'm assuming this is the same one the photo someone posted earlier today was about? That engine was destroyed and covered in so much blood. Can't imagine being a passenger having to exit the plane and see that.

I'd hate to be the mechanics who will have to disassemble that engine.

I hate the phrasing of the title. It should be "Person enters runway and steps into path of Frontier Airlines jet". The jet was supposed to be there. The person, not so much.

We flew out of Denver around 8p last night (night of incident)- the crew had to remove a belligerent passenger who seemed to be having a mental health crisis- I‘m wondering it the victim could have been that person?

Blucifer made him do it.

I’ll bet smell of that smoke is something those passengers will never forget.

What up with all the plane accidents in the US?

And to understand how Byzantine our health care system, look at the ICD codes. ICD codes tell the insurance company what is going on with the patient. Physicians have to choose from a list of codes. Anyways, there is an ICD code for being sucked into a jet engine. **V97.33XA:** Sucked into jet engine, initial encounter And if you didn’t learn the first time: **V97.33XD:** Sucked into jet engine, subsequent encounter And what if you keep doing it? **V97.33XS:** Sucked into jet engine, sequela This is literally specific to a jet engine. There is a different code for a fixed wing propeller. **V97.32XA:** Injured by rotating propeller, initial encounter While information is certainly needed, sometimes the minutiae gets to the point of exhaustion.

I worked at the airport for ten years and there have been several suicides. One person jumped in front of a tram. I think this was suicide. Awful for the people having to witness it.

I hate the way these articles are worded. It makes it seem like the airplane hit it without hesitation as if they were the ones who put the stupid person on the runway.