"We Just Hit Somebody" Pedestrian Struck By Plane At Denver Airport Overnight
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🗓️ 9 May 2026
⏱️ 18 minutes
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A shocking and confusing story out of Denver International Airport just before midnight. A Frontier jet had to abort its take off after accelerating and striking a pedestrian on an active runway. No word on who the person was and how and why they were crossing the runway. We have the audio between the pilot and the air traffic controller moments after the collision, when the jet’s engine caught fire.”
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| 0:44.6 | incident at an American airport. |
| 0:47.3 | This time, a plane taking off in Denver hit what's described as a pedestrian walking across the runway. With that, welcome to this |
| 0:58.5 | episode of Amy and T.J. folks, we're going to let you hear the audio, the air traffic control audio |
| 1:04.3 | between the tower and the pilot. As this happened, it's really disturbing stuff to listen to, |
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