A person dies after being struck by an aircraft during takeoff in Denver, according to multiple reports. The incident triggers an engine fire, prompting emergency response at the airport. Passengers are evacuated from the aircraft using emergency slides, and they move onto the runway as part of the evacuation procedures.
Reports consistently describe the sequence as the aircraft taking off, the person being hit, and the resulting fire in an engine. All accounts also agree that evacuation is carried out through the aircraft’s emergency slides, rather than through terminal exits. The reports do not indicate differences in the basic circumstances of the event, but they emphasize the same major impacts: the fatality, an engine fire following the strike, and the runway-based evacuation.
Details about the person’s identity, the flight number, and the aircraft type are not provided in the excerpts.
