A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-700, registration N401WN performing flight WN-1392 from Dallas Love,TX to Austin,TX (USA). landed on Austin's runway 17R when the crew spotted a man on the runway and attempted to avoid the individual, the left engine however hit and killed the man. The aircraft rolled out without further incident, the crew advised tower "there might be a person on the runway" and added at about the touch down point. Tower instructed the next arrival on finals to go around. There were no injuries on board of the aircraft, the aircraft sustained damage to the left hand engine.
An airport operations vehicle recovered the body of the man from the runway.
About 20 minutes prior to WN-1392 another aircraft had landed on runway 17R without noticing anything unusual.
The FAA is investigating. In the afternoon the FAA added the occurrence was rated a "security incident". The FAA wrote: "AIRCRAFT STRUCK INDIVIDUAL THAT WAS ON RUNWAY WHILE LANDING".
Austin Police reported the man wasn't dressed like an airport worker and did not have any identification on him.
Austin's Emergency Medical Services (EMS) reported their medics have obtained a Deceased on Scene pronouncement of an adult patient.
