A fourth aviation disaster in the past two weeks has occurred, this time in Scottsdale, Arizona.
One person is dead after two jets, including one owned by rock star Vince Neil, collided on the runway at Scottsdale Municipal Airport on Monday afternoon. Neil was not on board.
According to the FAA, Neil’s Learjet 35A veered off the runway after landing and crashed into a Gulfstream G-200 business jet that was parked at the airport.
Kelli Kuester, aviation planning and outreach coordinator at the Scottsdale Airport, said officials believe the left main landing gear failed as it was landing, causing the collision. Four people were on the arriving jet, which had come from Austin, Texas, and one person was in the parked plane.
The pilot was killed.
Vince Neil is the lead singer of the heavy metal band Mötley Crüe.
The band released and later deleted a statement that noted Neil was not on board the plane. According to TMZ, Neil’s girlfriend and a friend were. The women survived along with their dogs.
Vince’s girlfriend, Rain, and her friend, Ashley were on the plane and are in the hospital. We’re told Rain broke 5 ribs, and the dogs the women were traveling with survived the tragic incident as well.
