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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

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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 Saturday OP

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

...or a social media clown looking for exciting "content". LudwigPastorius Saturday #18

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

Indeed. mn9driver Saturday #13

Even quick things can feel like they last forever SSJVegeta Saturday #15

I'm certain the passengers would rather not know. hunter Saturday #16

yuck jeffreyi Saturday #21

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Were they drunk or incoherent ? magicarpet Saturday #12

That or crazy I assume nt EX500rider Saturday #14

The victim could be intentionally suicidal, for all we know FakeNoose Saturday #9

suicide by pilot Skittles Yesterday #22

When I was in Navy boot camp in the 70's Hey Joe Saturday #10

"partially consumed..." ugh! JustKay Saturday #19

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