One dead as jet owned by Mötley Crüe singer collides with plane in Arizona
Neil's jet was landing at the airport when it veered off the runway and collided with another parked plane, Neil's representative, Worrick Robinson IV, said in a statement. Two pilots and two passengers were on Neil's plane, but he was not among 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 said.
The arriving jet veered off the runway and collided with the Gulfstream 200 jet that was parked on private property, according to Kelli Kuester, aviation planning and outreach coordinator at the Scottsdale airport. It appeared that the left main landing gear of the arriving jet failed, resulting in the collision, she said.
Kuester said four people were on the arriving jet, which had come from Austin, Texas, and one person was in the parked plane.
Two people injured in the collision were taken to trauma centers and one was in stable condition at a hospital, Capt Dave Folio of Scottsdale fire department said. He said they were working to recover the body of the person killed in the collision.
'Our thoughts and prayers go out to everybody involved in this,' Folio said.
The runway has been closed and will remain closed 'for the foreseeable future', Kuester said.
Scottsdale's mayor, Lisa Borowsky, said in a statement that she was closely monitoring the situation and was in touch with the airport, police and federal agencies.
'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 said. 'We will keep all affected by this tragedy in our prayers.'
The airport is a popular hub for jets coming in and out of the Phoenix area, especially during big sports weekends like the Waste Management Phoenix Open golf tournament, which attracts huge crowds just a few miles away.
The Scottsdale collision comes after three major US aviation disasters in the past two weeks. A commercial jetliner and an army helicopter collided near the nation's capital on 29 January, killing 67 people. A medical transportation plane crashed in Philadelphia on 31 January, killing the six people on board and another person on the ground. And last week a small commuter plane crashed in western Alaska on its way to the hub community of Nome, killing all 10 people on board.
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