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I saw something earlier today that said KDIA has a 53 square mile footprint. It's bigger than some cities and it was built away from people on purpose so wildlife would be an issue, not to mention it's supposed to be a secure area so tall fences and thermal cameras don't seem far fetched. It's almost 25 miles of fence line to monitor and secure. People are smart and where there's a will there's a way. I'm unsure of a better option unless you want to create a DMZ around airports with manned gun towers to disable trespassers? I'm unsure if that video is even authentic, it's hard to tell what's real and what isn't these days.
Don't you mean KDEN? 😛
 
Doesn’t that imply past V1?

While I get what you're saying, and I'm not here to judge the crew as their actions worked out for the 230 passengers and crew.

Also, and side note that this event didn't register on the FAA ASIAS summary page.


With 12,000’ of runway, guessing actual V1 may have been above VR, so essentially at VR. Be curious how far down the runway they ended up stopping.
 

That's kinda what it looked like to me
The camera is oddly centered on the subject? Was it tracking them? For how long? What’s the point of the system in the first place if they can’t alert a crew running down the runway in time?
 
The camera is oddly centered on the subject? Was it tracking them? For how long? What’s the point of the system in the first place if they can’t alert a crew running down the runway in time?
I'm unfamiliar with thermal camera technology but in that video it looks like the engine was on fire before it hit the person. I don't think fan air would be hot enough for that effect in the video, I'd happily listen to someone with more knowledge. I'll also say the source I read saying it was a female was incorrect, apparently the person was a male and has been identified and it's being described as a suicide. The picture the news showed was a dude with a goatee. Suicide by runway is an odd choice, maybe it was easier than buying a gun in CO.
 
The camera is oddly centered on the subject? Was it tracking them? For how long? What’s the point of the system in the first place if they can’t alert a crew running down the runway in time?
that one attached to your post is the first I have seen with the full ingestion. No idea if the link destination changed or I never clicked.

In any case I think many videos showing stuff have subject center as it's a video filmed on a phone from the monitor they are watching on?
No idea,

and that brings up the other thing, I wonder if someone with access and a bit of thirst uploaded a video and is going to be in hot water for doing it?
 
The camera is oddly centered on the subject? Was it tracking them? For how long? What’s the point of the system in the first place if they can’t alert a crew running down the runway in time?
The camera was moving back and forth between the subject and some deer near the fence. The airport crew did receive a perimeter breach alert but were also distracted by the deer.
 
I'm unfamiliar with thermal camera technology but in that video it looks like the engine was on fire before it hit the person. I don't think fan air would be hot enough for that effect in the video, I'd happily listen to someone with more knowledge. I'll also say the source I read saying it was a female was incorrect, apparently the person was a male and has been identified and it's being described as a suicide. The picture the news showed was a dude with a goatee. Suicide by runway is an odd choice, maybe it was easier than buying a gun in CO.
Maybe it's the hot thrust behind the engine showing on the thermal camera?
 

That's kinda what it looked like to me

In other news, WorldStar still exists

There's another video from the passenger point of view

No real gore, but it shows how fast things can happen
 
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