A Frontier Airlines flight taking off from Denver International Airport to Los Angeles on Friday night fatally struck a person on the runway, according to the airline and airport officials.
The incident occurred shortly after 11:00 p.m. local time on Runway 17L, the airline said in a statement early Saturday. There were 224 passengers and 7 crew members on board, Frontier said.
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