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• Michael Mott (41) klom over het hek van Denver International Airport en had de startbaan bereikt toen hij werd geraakt. • De man die vrijdag fataal werd geraakt door een vertrekkende vlucht van Frontier Airlines op de startbaan van Denver International Airport is gestorven door zelfmoord, aldus de medisch onderzoeker van de stad tijdens een persconferentie op dinsdag. • Vrijdagavond klom de man, geïdentificeerd als de 41-jarige Michael Mott, volgens Phillip Washington, de uitvoerend directeur van de luchthaven, over een 2,5 meter hoog hek met prikkeldraad naar de startbaan.

Passagiers zijn veilig geëvacueerd nadat het vliegtuig een persoon raakte en een motor vervolgens vlam vatte. Een vliegtuig van Frontier Airlines heeft tijdens het opstijgen op de startbaan van de internationale luchthaven van Denver een persoon geraakt, wat leidde tot motorbrand en een gedwongen evacuatie van de passagiers, zo meldden autoriteiten. Het toestel, dat onderweg was naar Los Angeles, "meldde het raken van een voetganger tijdens het opstijgen" rond 23:19 uur op vrijdag, schreef het officiële X-account van de luchthaven van Denver.

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Delivery truck driver emerged with minor injuries after underside of jet hit tractor trailer in New Jersey on SundayThe driver of a delivery truck emerged with only minor injuries after his tractor trailer was struck by a passenger jet landing in New Jersey’s busy Newark airport on Sunday afternoon, officials said.New Jersey state police said a landing tire and the underside of a United Airlines plane arriving from Venice, Italy, hit the truck in question. The Boeing 767 aircraft also clipped a light pole, which in turn struck a Jeep. Continue reading...

All people onboard Cessna 421C dead after crash late at night in city 40 miles south-west of state capital AustinA small plane crashed among trees in Texas Hill Country, killing all five people onboard, officials said on Friday.The crash happened in the dark late on Thursday night in Wimberley, a city about 40 miles south-west of the state capital, Austin, the Hays county judge, Ruben Becerra, said in a post on Facebook. Continue reading...

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Former Liberal party senator, who was elected to state upper house in March, says flights ‘worth every cent’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastOne Nation’s South Australian leader has paid back Australia’s richest person for private flights he took while campaigning in the state’s recent election.Cory Bernardi confirmed on Saturday that he had reimbursed a “substantial” sum of money to Gina Rinehart’s company S Kidman & Co, to comply with new state laws that prohibit political parties and candidates from receiving electoral donations or gifts from individuals, businesses or unions. Continue reading...