Man struck by Frontier Airlines plane at Denver airport died by suicide, investigators say
Posted by:
runway suicide
()
Date: May 12, 2026 05:02PM
The man who was struck and killed by a plane at Denver International Airport over the weekend died by suicide ... though questions remain about why he wanted to end his life.
Denver Medical Examiner Sterling McLaren said 41-year-old Michael Mott is the man who was consumed by the jet engine of a Frontier Airlines plane late Friday night as he walked on the runway. McLaren's office determined the man's cause of death was multiple blunt force injuries, and the manner of death was suicide.