ONE DEAD AS PRIVATE JETS COLLIDE IN US
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A private jet owned by Mötley Crüe lead singer Vince Neil rammed another plane on the runway at Scottsdale Airport in Arizona Monday afternoon, leaving one person dead.
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Just before 3 p.m., Neil’s Learjet 35A “veered off the runway after landing,” the Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement.
It collided with a Gulfstream 200 parked at a nearby ramp, according to AZ Family.
Four people were on the Learjet, which was flying in from Austin, and one was on the Gulfstream, according to officials.
The rock star was not on the jet at the time of the collision, according to Neil’s lawyers, but the musician’s girlfriend, Rain Andreani and her friend were aboard.
Both women survived and were taken to the hospital with Andreani suffering five broken ribs, according to the outlet.
Dogs that were with the women during the private flight also survived the crash, per TMZ.
Two pilots were also onboard the rocker’s plane, Neil’s lawyer said in a statement posted on X.
“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,” his lawyer said.
One of the pilots died in the collision, according to Neil’s friend and Poison frontman Bret Michaels.
“My deepest sympathy and condolences to the pilot that just passed away in Scottsdale Airpark and the other pilot who was injured, as well as my thoughts and prayers to our family friend Rain, her friends and all those that were injured in the tragic landing,” Michaels wrote on Facebook.
“I was relieved to hear that my friend Vince Neil was not on board at the time of the incident.”
Jet Pros, the private jet charter company that owns the Gulfstream, confirmed there were no injuries on its aircraft in a statement, according to 12 News.
One person refused medical attention at the scene, city of Scottsdale officials said.
The crash comes as a spate of airport accidents and air incidents in recent weeks have left travellers across the country on edge.
On January 29, 67 people were killed when a US Army helicopter and an American Airlines jet collided in the air at Reagan National Airport in Washington, DC.
Then two days later, a jet carrying six people plummeted into a busy Philadelphia street and exploded, killing all six people onboard and one person on the ground.
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