02-10-2025, 8:03 PM

Two planes collided at Arizona Airport, killing one and injuring three, officials said

Scottsdale Airport in Arizona / Video Screenshot

A small plane veered off the runway at Scottsdale Airport in Arizona on Monday afternoon after part of its landing gear failed, causing it to crash into a parked business jet on a tarmac, killing one person and injuring three others, the authorities said.

The plane that veered off the runway, a Learjet 35A, belonged to the Mötley Crüe singer Vince Neil, who was not on board, his lawyer Worrick Robinson IV said in a news release.

One person died in the crash and three were hurt, according to city spokesperson Kelli Kuester. Officials earlier said four were hurt. The three who were injured were taken to hospitals, Kuester said.

Responders are still working to remove the body of the deceased victim, Scottsdale Fire Department Capt. David Folio said. Police have not released names of those onboard.

Two pilots and two passengers were on board Neil’s plane, according to Robinson.

The crash happened at about 2:45 p.m., when the Learjet that had taken off from Austin, Tex., landed and then collided with a larger Gulfstream 200 business jet that had been parked on private property near the runway, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. The Learjet’s left main gear failed as it landed, said Kelli Kuester, the aviation planning and outreach coordinator for the Scottsdale Airport.

All flights were paused and runways were shut down. The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the episode.

This collision came after a series of aviation disasters across the country in recent weeks.

In late January, a Black Hawk helicopter and an American Airlines jet collided outside Washington, killing all 67 people on board those flights. Seven people were killed after a plane crashed near a shopping center in Philadelphia on Jan. 31. Ten people were killed in another plane crash in Alaska last Thursday on its way to Nome, Alaska.

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