Private jets collide at Arizona airport, killing at least 1 person
At least one person was killed and others were injured when private jets collided Monday at the Scottsdale Airport in Arizona, authorities said.
A midsize business jet hit another midsize business jet that was parked on private property, according to Kelli Kuester, aviation planning and outreach coordinator at the Scottsdale Airport.
One jet veered off the runway and collided with the Gulfstream 200 jet that was parked, according to Kuester. It appeared that the primary landing gear of the arriving jet failed, resulting in the collision, she said.
Kuester said four people were on the arriving jet, which had come from Austin, Texas, and one was in the parked plane. Firefighters at the scene. Photo: AP
Two people injured in the collision were taken to trauma centres and one was in stable condition at a hospital, Scottsdale Fire Department Captain Dave Folio said. He said they were working to recover the body of the person killed in the collision.
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