Please agree to our privacy policy to enable news listening. (Central News Agency, Washington, 9th, Comprehensive Foreign News Report) A Frontier Airlines flight hit a trespasser on the runway as it was preparing to take off at Denver International Airport in the United States last night. The person died on the spot, and the plane’s engine subsequently caught fire. The scene was chaotic, and related horrifying scenes were circulated on the Internet. NBC News reported that Denver International Airport confirmed that Frontier Airlines flight number 4345, originally scheduled to fly to Los Angeles International Airport, reported hitting a person at around 11:19 pm local time, and then the engine caught fire, but the fire was quickly extinguished. Airport officials said that the deceased broke through the airport fence and broke into the runway about two minutes before the incident. It was initially determined that he was not an airport employee. A passenger allegedly filmed the moment of impact during takeoff and uploaded it to social media. A loud bang can be heard in the video, followed by screams from passengers inside the cabin. Passenger Nikil Thalanki told NBC local station KUSA that the wheels briefly lifted off the ground and then fell back to the runway, and a fire broke out. He said: “The smoke filled the entire cabin and it was really difficult to breathe. They told us to sit down and wait for about two or three minutes, maybe four minutes, before opening the emergency exit.” Another passenger, Franco Valera, told KUSA that after hearing a loud noise, he looked out the window and saw the engine on fire. He said: “When everyone was screaming and people were standing up, I was just trying to calm down. It was really scary.” It was unclear whether the engine fire was related to the impact. Frontier Airlines stated that the narrow-body Airbus A321 was carrying 224 passengers and 7 crew members. After the accident, the pilot aborted the takeoff and the passengers were subsequently evacuated through the emergency slide. Denver Airport said 12 people reported minor injuries, five of whom were hospitalized. U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy Duffy confirmed the incident on the social platform Central News Agency chooses to stand with the facts. Every sponsorship you make is the power to protect press freedom. For small donations, download the Central News Agency’s “First-hand News” APP to get the latest news in real time. The text, pictures, and audio and video on this website may not be reproduced, publicly broadcast, or publicly transmitted and used without authorization.
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