Frontier Airlines jet aborts takeoff and evacuates after reported runway collision
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Updated · The New York Times · May 9
Frontier Airlines jet aborts takeoff and evacuates after reported runway collision
12 articles · Updated · The New York Times · May 9
At Denver International Airport around 11:20 p.m., the Airbus A321 bound for Los Angeles carried 224 passengers and seven crew; the NTSB was notified.
Pilots told air traffic control they had hit somebody and reported an engine fire, while the airline said smoke in the cabin prompted an evacuation by emergency slides.
The airport said firefighters extinguished the fire, passengers were bused to the terminal, runway 17L was closed, and investigators had not identified the person or reported major disruption.
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