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2026-05-09 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Audio captures moment Frontier plane fatally struck pedestrian

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Posted by Besoeker 2026-05-09 13:34|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1825 views ] Top

1 The images also appear to show blood on the plane's engine.

Runway closed for extensive cleaning.

Posted by Besoeker 2026-05-09 13:44|| 2026-05-09 13:44|| Front Page Top

2 "Fargo" writ large

Posted by Frank G 2026-05-09 14:00|| 2026-05-09 14:00|| Front Page Top

3 And the, uhem, smoke in the cabin..

Posted by swksvolFF 2026-05-09 14:04|| 2026-05-09 14:04|| Front Page Top

4 New Colorado State Law coming

Planes are to stop at all Pedestrian crossings.

Posted by NN2N1 2026-05-09 15:50|| 2026-05-09 15:50|| Front Page Top

5 Planes are to stop at all Pedestrian crossings.

Good idea! If it saves one life...

Also, why don't runways have bike lanes?

Posted by SteveS 2026-05-09 15:54|| 2026-05-09 15:54|| Front Page Top

6 You need to do better, DIA!

Ethics Question - is now everyone on that plane who ingested the smoke now cannibals? With the plague ships, seems a plane full of cannibals is fair Bingo spacing?

Posted by swksvolFF 2026-05-09 18:34|| 2026-05-09 18:34|| Front Page Top

7 Wonder how often the baggage handlers walk the strip for FOD.

Posted by Skidmark 2026-05-09 19:35|| 2026-05-09 19:35|| Front Page Top

8 Pretty sure it's just sweepers. Labor $

Posted by Frank G 2026-05-09 19:49|| 2026-05-09 19:49|| Front Page Top

9 Skid, I know that on aircraft carriers they regularly do a FOD walkdown. On the other hand, a carrier is roughly 1000 feet long. A runway at an airport is typically 8000 to 16000 feet.

Posted by Rambler 2026-05-09 20:03|| 2026-05-09 20:03|| Front Page Top

10 /\ FOD = Foreign Objects and Debris.

(Men on line picking up anything that might get sucked into an engine).

Posted by Besoeker 2026-05-09 23:26|| 2026-05-09 23:26|| Front Page Top

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