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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

23 hrs ago

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 Yesterday OP

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

...or a social media clown looking for exciting "content". LudwigPastorius 20 hrs ago #18

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

Indeed. mn9driver 22 hrs ago #13

Even quick things can feel like they last forever SSJVegeta 22 hrs ago #15

I'm certain the passengers would rather not know. hunter 22 hrs ago #16

yuck jeffreyi 12 hrs ago #21

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

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

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

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

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

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

I think you might have missed a bit of sarcasm there ..... - - - - - - - - - - - -(nt)- stopdiggin 23 hrs ago #11

...... It is like this firehouse blast of crazy *+*Rump stuff,... you can't help but go cynical and/or sarcastic. magicarpet 21 hrs ago #17

Were they drunk or incoherent ? magicarpet 23 hrs ago #12

That or crazy I assume nt EX500rider 22 hrs ago #14

The victim could be intentionally suicidal, for all we know FakeNoose 23 hrs ago #9

suicide by pilot Skittles 7 hrs ago #22

When I was in Navy boot camp in the 70's Hey Joe 23 hrs ago #10

"partially consumed..." ugh! JustKay 20 hrs ago #19

Pilot said to tower "we just hit a person". I'm not sure of the conversation after that. Tough on everyone. twodogsbarking 18 hrs ago #20