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FakeNoose

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9. The victim could be intentionally suicidal, for all we know

Reply to magicarpet (Reply #7)

Sat May 9, 2026, 10:46 AM

May 9

Or possibly he was out of it through drugs or alcohol ... it's hard to say until they give us more info.
This is awful for the airline pilot and passengers in the plane though.

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Frontier Airlines jet bound for LAX strikes, kills person on runway during takeoff in Denver [View all] mahatmakanejeeves May 9 OP

If that wasn't a sad, suicidal individual, he most likely was non compos mentis hlthe2b May 9 #1

...or a social media clown looking for exciting "content". LudwigPastorius May 9 #18

Yikes. Being ingested into a jet engine at takeoff power is horrific but it would be quick. Ocelot II May 9 #2

Indeed. mn9driver May 9 #13

Even quick things can feel like they last forever SSJVegeta May 9 #15

I'm certain the passengers would rather not know. hunter May 9 #16

yuck jeffreyi May 9 #21

"partially consumed" Holy crap, that's horribly descriptive Nittersing May 9 #3

"airport security was inspecting the east perimeter fence on Saturday morning for gaps " werdna May 9 #4

To be fair, they could do daily inspections twice a day and intheflow May 9 #5

The FAA requires daily inspections of airport perimeters as well as other surveillance. Ocelot II May 9 #6

Was the pedestrian on the active airport runway not using the pedestrian crosswalk ? magicarpet May 9 #7

Yes they were out on the runway while the plane was taking off at high speed at night EX500rider May 9 #8

I think you might have missed a bit of sarcasm there ..... - - - - - - - - - - - -(nt)- stopdiggin May 9 #11

...... It is like this firehouse blast of crazy *+*Rump stuff,... you can't help but go cynical and/or sarcastic. magicarpet May 9 #17

Were they drunk or incoherent ? magicarpet May 9 #12

That or crazy I assume nt EX500rider May 9 #14

The victim could be intentionally suicidal, for all we know FakeNoose May 9 #9

suicide by pilot Skittles May 10 #22

When I was in Navy boot camp in the 70's Hey Joe May 9 #10

"partially consumed..." ugh! JustKay May 9 #19

Pilot said to tower "we just hit a person". I'm not sure of the conversation after that. Tough on everyone. twodogsbarking May 9 #20