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Originally Posted by smith80678
(Post 37746411)
Here is the video of the person walking and getting hit. It looks like they had a shuffling gait or limp, but to jump the fence it seems they would need to be quite athletic https://youtu.be/ygTFgzn5JAI?si=moESkeM_WPb3COWl
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I read this on Reddit – amazing story especially for what the agent told her
Originally Posted by Kevin AA
(Post 37745122)
I was going to say the same thing.
People who bring their bags with them during an evacuation need to be charged criminally. https://www.reddit.com/r/aviation/s/060Jaxz6Z8 |
Having worked in selling systems that can detect a human vs. animal, this incident will change airport regulations and response time. If my understanding is correct, it took him two minutes to jump the fence and make it to an active runway. No idea what his intentions were, but unless you want to automate things, two minutes isn’t enough time for security to respond.
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Originally Posted by COSPILOT
(Post 37746635)
Having worked in selling systems that can detect a human vs. animal, this incident will change airport regulations and response time. If my understanding is correct, it took him two minutes to jump the fence and make it to an active runway. No idea what his intentions were, but unless you want to automate things, two minutes isn’t enough time for security to respond.
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Originally Posted by COSPILOT
(Post 37746635)
If my understanding is correct, it took him two minutes to jump the fence and make it to an active runway.
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Originally Posted by kale73
(Post 37747295)
This "two minute" timeframe has been cited repeatedly since the incident took place, but I have seen no attribution as to the source of this knowledge. How do they know? Is there footage of the individual actually scaling the fence? Does the perimeter fence have sensors to tell when and where it's been breached?
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Apparently the airport has video of the person climbing the fence but didn’t share it. This Video is a little bit longer and appears to show them “fixing their hat” or something. It also appear that the person turns toward the jetliner just before impact : https://www.foxnews.com/video/6395221479112
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Originally Posted by squeakr
(Post 37746606)
One of the passengers on this flight was told by an agent at frontier it was her fault she didn’t take her bags with her when she asked for supplies for her baby.
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Originally Posted by dhuey
(Post 37747115)
Yes, and this incident might be giving terrorist organizations some ideas.
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Do those that remove their bags ever face any repercussions? They clearly impeded an important evacuation and some even with carryons stopped to photograph the engine?!
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Originally Posted by ScienceTeacher
(Post 37749463)
Do those that remove their bags ever face any repercussions? They clearly impeded an important evacuation and some even with carryons stopped to photograph the engine?!
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Originally Posted by USAF_Retired
(Post 37744493)
Seems a bit premature to suggest this a suicide.
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Here is more about the guy with several pictures
Exclusive | Denver airport trespasser Michael Mott's criminal past revealed — as photos emerge after he was mangled by jet engine https://share.google/Bkxyol9KuQEnnEtR8 |
Originally Posted by smith80678
(Post 37749585)
Here is more about the guy with several pictures
Exclusive | Denver airport trespasser Michael Mott's criminal past revealed — as photos emerge after he was mangled by jet engine https://share.google/Bkxyol9KuQEnnEtR8 It wasn’t immediately clear why the Pueblo-native was walking free after he was nabbed on April 10 for first-degree trespassing and damaging property at a Colorado Springs dwelling, then resisting arrest when cops arrived. Mott – who was homeless at the time – was initially booked into the El Paso County Jail after that incident, the Colorado Springs Police Department told The Post. |
The coroner said suicide and it seems obvious to a person, but the guy was just busted for trespassing a month ago and the way he was walking didn’t look like suicidal intentions. He didn’t stop on the runway or look at the plane. I think it was just trespassing.
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