Denver, CO
Snowstorm creates DIA delays, cancellations, and leads to road closures
The storm hitting Colorado Monday morning snarled roads, compelled the cancellation of flights, and delayed classes.
U.S. 6 west of metro Denver was closed due to safety concerns between Mile Point 222 and Interstate 70, according to the Colorado Department of Transportation. For heavy trucks carrying hazardous materials over Loveland Pass, CDOT officials early Monday announced staging at the Eisenhower Tunnel for rolling at the top of the hour as traffic allows.
CDOT officials warned drivers to expect potentially hazardous conditions on roads Monday morning due to blowing snow and ice with possible blizzards on the eastern plains. Interstate 25 between Castle Rock and Colorado Springs and Interstate 70 east of metro Denver near Limon were expected to be difficult due to high wind and weather alerts were issued, effective through Monday afternoon. CDOT officials closed highways south of Lamar and La Junta in southwestern Colorado including U.S. 160 eastward from Kim to Kansas.
School officials in the Colorado Springs area announced delayed openings due to the storm.
At 7:42 a.m., 56 flights in and out of Denver International Airport were listed as canceled and 44 were delayed as the snowstorm rolled across south metro Denver, according to the FlightAware flight-tracking website. The temperature at DIA was 19 degrees amid scattered snow and wind gusts, National Weather Service forecasters said.
The weather service issued a winter weather advisory for south metro Denver, forecasting up 4 inches of snow south of Interstate 70 and high winds. Most of the snow is expected to fall before noon.
Denver, CO
Pedestrian fatally hit by Frontier airplane departing Denver for Los Angeles, flight canceled after
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DENVER (AP) — A Frontier Airlines plane hit a pedestrian on the runway of the Denver International Airport during takeoff, airport authorities said, sparking an engine fire and forcing passengers to evacuate.
The plane, on route from Denver to Los Angeles International Airport, “reported striking a pedestrian during takeoff at DEN at approximately 11:19 p.m. on Friday,” the airport’s official X account wrote.
Neither the airport nor the airline has disclosed the pedestrian’s condition.
“We’re stopping on the runway,” the pilot tells the control tower according to the site ATC.com. “We just hit somebody. We have an engine fire.”
The pilot tells the air traffic controller they have “231 souls” on board and that and “individual was walking across the runway.”
The air traffic controller responds that they are “rolling the trucks now” before the pilot tells the tower they “have smoke in the aircraft. We are going to evacuate on the runway.”
Frontier Airlines said in a statement flight 4345 was the one involved in the collision and that “smoke was reported in the cabin and the pilots aborted takeoff.” It was not clear whether the smoke was linked to the crash with the pedestrian.
“The Airbus A321 was carrying 224 passengers and seven crew members,” the airline said. “We are investigating this incident and gathering more information in coordination with the airport and other safety authorities.”
Passengers were then evacuated via slides and the emergency crew bused them to the terminal.
Denver Airport said the National Transportation Safety Board had been notified and that runway 17L, where the incident took place, will remain closed while an investigation is conducted.
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