SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — One particular person was killed and others had been injured when a personal jet owned by Mötley Crüe singer Vince Neil collided with one other jet Monday afternoon on the Scottsdale Airport in Arizona, authorities mentioned.
Neil’s jet was touchdown on the airport when it veered off the runway and collided with one other parked aircraft, Neil’s consultant Worrick Robinson, IV, mentioned in an announcement. There have been two pilots and two passengers on Neil’s aircraft, however he was not amongst them.
“Mr. Neil’s thoughts and prayers go out to everyone involved, and he is grateful for the critical aid of all first responders assisting today,” Robinson mentioned.
The coming jet veered off the runway and collided with the Gulfstream 200 jet that was parked on personal property, in line with Kelli Kuester, aviation planning and outreach coordinator on the Scottsdale Airport. It appeared that the left important touchdown gear of the arrival jet failed, ensuing within the collision, she mentioned.
Kuester mentioned 4 individuals had been on the arrival jet, which had come from Austin, Texas, and one particular person was within the parked aircraft.
Two individuals injured within the collision had been taken to trauma facilities and one was in steady situation at a hospital, Scottsdale Fireplace Division Capt. Dave Folio mentioned. He mentioned they had been working to get better the physique of the particular person killed within the collision.
“Our thoughts and prayers go out to everybody involved in this,” Folio mentioned.
The runway has been closed and can stay closed “for the foreseeable future,” Kuester mentioned.
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Scottsdale Mayor Lisa Borowsky mentioned in an announcement that she is carefully monitoring the state of affairs and is in contact with the airport, police and federal companies.
“On behalf of the city of Scottsdale, we offer our deepest condolences to those involved in the accident and for those who have been taken to our trauma center for treatment,” she mentioned. “We will keep all affected by this tragedy in our prayers.”
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The airport is a well-liked hub for jets coming out and in of the Phoenix space, particularly throughout large sports activities weekends just like the Waste Administration Phoenix Open golf match, which attracts big crowds only a few miles away.
The Scottsdale collision comes after three main U.S. aviation disasters previously two weeks. A business jetliner and an Military helicopter collided close to the nation’s capital on Jan. 29, killing 67 individuals. A medical transportation aircraft crashed in Philadelphia on Jan. 31, killing the six individuals on board and one other particular person on the bottom. And final week a small commuter aircraft crashed in western Alaska on its approach to the hub group of Nome, killing all 10 individuals on board.
