A Frontier Airlines jet bound for Los Angeles killed a pedestrian on a Denver runway during takeoff Friday night, igniting an engine fire that forced 224 passengers to evacuate down emergency slides.

A person has died after being struck by a departing aircraft and partially sucked into one of its engines during takeoff at Denver International Airport on

A Frontier Airlines plane carrying over 200 passengers hit and killed a person on the runway at Denver International Airport on Friday night (8 May).

Due to an engine issue, the aircraft had to abort its takeoff roll at high speeds of 104 knots.