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US transportation safety agency mulling investigation into fatal Frontier incident

Plane in grass surrounded by people lit at night.
The incident, which took place after 11pm on Friday, sparked an engine fire. Photograph: @madicartas

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is collecting information about the evacuation of a Frontier Airlines aircraft after the jet struck and killed a person on the runway during departure from Denver international airport.

The flight, which was headed from Denver to Los Angeles international airport, “reported striking a pedestrian during takeoff at DEN at approximately 11:19 pm on Friday”, according to a statement posted on the airport’s official X account. The individual has not been publicly identified.

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