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Death of man struck by Frontier Airlines plane ruled suicide by medical examiner

The Guardian · May 12, 2026, 10:04 PM · Also reported by 2 other sources

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Michael Mott, 41, jumped the fence at Denver international airport and had reached the runway when he was struck. The man who was fatally struck on Friday by a departing Frontier Airlines flight on the runway of Denver international airport died by suicide, the city’s medical examiner said Tuesday at a news conference.On Friday evening, the man, identified as 41-year-old Michael Mott, jumped an 8-ft fence with barbed wire onto the runway, according to Phillip Washington, the airport’s chief executive. Roughly 2 mins lapsed between Mott’s breach of the runway and when he was hit by the Frontier aircraft. Continue reading...

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