Plane owned by famous heavy metal singer crashes at Arizona airport, killing 1, injuring 3
Learjet registered to Motley Crüe's Vince Neil veers off runway, colliding with parked Gulfstream jet.
Scottsdale Fire Department firefighters work Monday on a crashed Learjet at Scottsdale Airport after it crashed into another parked plane in Scottsdale, Ariz. (Ross D. Franklin, Associated Press)AP
SCOTTSDALE, Arizona — A private jet owned by the lead singer of famed heavy metal band Motley Crüe crashed into another plane Monday at an airport in Arizona, killing one person and injuring three others, reports say.
Singer Vince Neil was not on the plane, but Yahoo! News reports Neil’s girlfriend, Andreani, 43, and her friend Ashley, from Austin, Texas, along with two pilots were on board. One person was in the parked plane, reports say.
The Learjet 35A was landing at Scottsdale Airport when it veered off the runway and collided with a parked Gulfstream G200 jet, Neil’s representative Worrick Robinson IV said in a statement.
“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 identity of the person killed in the crash has not been reported. CNN reports rescuers were still working to remove the body of the deceased victim Monday night.
City spokesperson Kelli Kuester tells CNN it appears the left main landing gear failed during the landing, causing the plane to veer off the runway.
AZCentral reports the National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the crash.
The Scottsdale collision comes after three major U.S. aviation disasters in the past two weeks. A commercial jetliner and an Army helicopter collided near the nation’s capital on Jan. 29, killing 67 people. A medical transportation plane crashed in Philadelphia on Jan. 31, 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.
(The Associated Press contributed to this story.)
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