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“We Just Hit Somebody”: Frontier Pilot Aborts Takeoff, Reports Engine Fire

View from the Wing·Gary Leff·24 days ago
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Frontier Airlines flight 4345 from Denver to Los Angeles struck a person on Runway 17L during takeoff around 11:15 p.m. Friday night. Crew of the Airbus A321 rjected takeoff, with air traffic control audio showing the pilot reporting they were stopping on the runway after hitting someone, and that they had an engine fire. They later said there was smoke on the aircraft and would evacuate on the runway. There were 224 passengers and 7 crew onboard. One passenger received a minor injury during the evacuation via slides. Everyone was bused back to the terminal, and fire crews extinguish the engine fire. Here’s air traffic control audio: Frontier 4345: Tower, Frontier 4345. We’re stopping on the runway. We just hit somebody, and we have an engine fire. Tower: Frontier 4345, I see that. … Frontier 4345, I’m going to roll the trucks now. Can you advise souls on board and fuel remaining? Frontier 4345: Frontier 4345, we have 231 souls on board and 21,320 pounds of fuel on board.…

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