Police confirm man fatally struck by plane at DIA was former Pueblo resident

DENVER, Colo. (KRDO) – The Pueblo Police Department confirmed to KRDO13 that the man who was fatally struck by a Frontier Plane at Denver International Airport used to live in Pueblo.

According to Denver Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Sterling McLaren, the man identified as 41-year-old Michael Mott died from multiple blunt and sharp force injuries, and his death has been ruled a suicide.

Our Denver news partners, 9News, reported that Frontier Flight 4345 was departing from Denver to Los Angeles around 11:19 p.m. Friday, May 8. According to the airport, there was a "brief engine fire" that was put out by Denver firefighters. The plane, an Airbus A321, was carrying 224 passengers and seven crew members, Frontier said. 

The airport confirmed the person jumped the perimeter fence and was hit two minutes later while crossing Runway 17L. 

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