1 dead, at least 3 injured after planes crash at Arizona airport on tarmac

One particular person was killed and at the least three others had been injured in Scottsdale, Arizona, after a enterprise jet crashed into one other aircraft after it landed on Monday.

The Federal Aviation Administration stated the Learjet 35A — owned by Vince Neil of the band Mötley Crüe — veered off the runway because it arrived at Scottsdale Municipal Airport round 2:45 p.m. It made contact with a Gulfstream 200 enterprise jet that was parked on non-public property, officers stated at a information convention.

An airport spokesperson stated that the left fundamental gear of Neil’s jet failed at touchdown. Neil was not onboard the aircraft, in response to the singer’s spokesperson, which had departed from Austin, Texas.

There have been 5 individuals on board the aircraft, in response to Capt. Dave Folio of the Scottsdale Fireplace Division. One particular person was pronounced useless on arrival and three others had been transported to an area hospital. One particular person refused medical therapy, Folio stated.

Based on a press release from Mötley Crüe, the particular person killed was the pilot. Neil’s girlfriend and a good friend of hers had been each on board and had been injured, however their accidents weren’t life-threatening, the band stated.

The Nationwide Transportation Security Board can be taking up the investigation.

The PGA Tour’s Phoenix Open was held over the weekend in Scottsdale. It’s usually one of many busiest occasions of yr for the airport.

There aren’t any industrial flights or airline service on the airport, in response to its web site, however it’s house to lots of the area’s company plane.

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