New Delhi, May 12 -- US officials have identified the person who was fatally struck on the Denver Airport runway on May 8 as Michael Mott, who is believed to have died by suicide.

Citing the Medical Examiner for the City and County of Denver, NBC News reported that Mott was 41 years old. Chief Medical Examiner Sterling McLaren said at a news briefing Tuesday morning that Mott's cause of death was determined to be multiple blunt and sharp force injuries.

On May 8, around 11:19 pm, the Frontier Airlines aircraft was accelerating for takeoff at Denver International Airport for a scheduled flight to Los Angeles. According to the security video released by airport officials, a figure was seen approaching the runway and starting to cross it a...