Flight taking off from Denver strikes pedestrian on the runway - BERITAJA

A formation taking disconnected from Denver International Airport struck a pedestrian connected the runway during takeoff connected Friday, Frontier Airlines and the airdrome said, arsenic videos showed the wrong of the motor casing partially red.

The airdrome said Frontier Flight 4345 to Los Angeles International Airport reported striking a pedestrian astatine about 11:19 p.m. connected Friday (1:19 a.m. Saturday ET), followed by an motor occurrence that was extinguished.

Neither the hose nor the airdrome gave immoderate specifications connected the pedestrian aliases their status. It is not clear if the motor occurrence was related to the collision.

The plane, a narrow-body Airbus A321, was carrying 224 passengers and 7 unit members, who were evacuated via slides aft fume filled the cabin, the hose said.

“The craft reportedly struck a pedestrian connected the runway during takeoff. Smoke was reported successful the compartment and the pilots aborted takeoff,” the hose said. “We are profoundly saddened by this event.”

Footage posted to societal media by a rider appears to seizure the infinitesimal of effect during take-off. A large crashing sound could beryllium heard, followed by screams from passengers wrong the plane.

As they sewage disconnected the level utilizing emergency slides, different rider recorded dimly-lit videos appearing to show damaged motor blades. More passengers were seen evacuating done the slides successful the videos.

Emergency crews responded to the segment and bussed passengers to the terminal, the airdrome said.

The Federal Aviation Administration confirmed it is investigating the incident.

In its statement, the airdrome said it had unopen runway 17L and that the National Transportation Safety Board had been notified.