Harrowing footage shows pedestrian struck by Frontier plane after walking across Denver runway

A suspected trespasser was tragically killed after calmly walking across a runway at a Colorado airport and being struck by a Frontier Airlines aircraft.

The victim, identified as Michael Mott, 41, was pulled into one of the engines of an Airbus A321 during takeoff at Denver International Airport. Surveillance footage captured the individual on the tarmac after they had scaled the perimeter fence, moments before the fatal collision occurred.

The aircraft, bound for Los Angeles International Airport, “reported striking a pedestrian during takeoff at DEN at approximately 11.19pm on Friday,” according to a statement posted on the airport’s official X account…

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