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Yahoo
11-02-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Plane owned by Motley Crue's Vince Neil crashes at Scottsdale Airport; 1 dead, 3 hurt
One person died after an airplane crashed into a parked plane after landing at Scottsdale Airport on Monday afternoon, a Scottsdale Fire Department spokesperson said. Three others were injured — two were in critical condition — and taken to metro Phoenix hospitals. The runway was shut down after the crash that happened around 2:30 p.m. The Scottsdale Fire Department was on the scene with several trucks and had to extricate one person who was trapped in one of the planes. Four people were aboard the Learjet that hit a parked Gulfstream jet, which had one person on board. Officials said it appears the landing gear failed on the plane, which is owned by Motley Crue lead singer Vince Neil, according to a filing with the Wyoming secretary of state. He was not aboard, according to a statement released by a representative for Neil. Two pilots and two passengers were on board, according to the statement. Officials declined to identify those injured or killed. Who is Vince Neil? Motley Crue rockstar owns plane involved in Scottsdale Airport crash Scottsdale fire Capt. Dave Folio said crews from Glendale, Phoenix and Scottsdale responded to the airport. One person refused treatment, he said, but it was not the person who needed extrication. Additional hazmat units inspected the surrounding buildings and cleared them. Gary Mascaro, aviation director for Scottsdale Airport, offered his thoughts and prayers to the crash victims. "It's certainly a tragedy that occurred," Mascaro said. Kellie Kuester, an aviation planning and outreach coordinator for Scottsdale Airport, said Neil's Learjet was arriving from Austin, Texas, and veered off the runway before colliding with a Gulfstream G200 jet that was parked on private property. "It appears that the left-main gear failed upon landing, resulting in the accident," Kuester said. The Gulfstream jet was at the airport since Jan. 31, according to flight records. Kuester said officials with the National Transportation Safety Board were on scene and would take over the investigation. The runway remains closed and Kuester said the airport would share when it's expected to reopen as soon as possible. The last fatal crash at the Scottsdale Airport happened in 2018, when a pilot, student pilot and four passengers were killed after the plane crashed shortly after takeoff. This article originally appeared on Arizona Republic: Plane owned by Vince Neil crashes at Scottsdale Airport, killing 1
Yahoo
11-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Vince Neil Of Mötley Crüe Was Not On His Private Plane That Fatally Crashed: Rep
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — One person was killed and others were injured when a private jet owned by Mötley Crüe singer Vince Neil collided with another jet Monday afternoon at the Scottsdale Airport in Arizona, authorities said. Neil's jet was landing at the airport when it veered off the runway and collided with another parked plane, Neil's representative Worrick Robinson, IV, said in a statement. There were two pilots and two passengers on Neil's plane, but he was not among them. '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 arriving jet veered off the runway and collided with the Gulfstream 200 jet that was parked on private property, according to Kelli Kuester, aviation planning and outreach coordinator at the Scottsdale Airport. It appeared that the left main 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 person was in the parked plane. Two people injured in the collision were taken to trauma centers and one was in stable condition at a hospital, Scottsdale Fire Department Capt. Dave Folio said. He said they were working to recover the body of the person killed in the collision. 'Our thoughts and prayers go out to everybody involved in this,' Folio said. The runway has been closed and will remain closed 'for the foreseeable future,' Kuester said. Scottsdale Mayor Lisa Borowsky said in a statement that she is closely monitoring the situation and is in touch with the airport, police and federal agencies. 'On behalf of the city of Scottsdale, we offer our deepest condolences to those involved in the accident and for those who have been taken to our trauma center for treatment,' she said. 'We will keep all affected by this tragedy in our prayers.' The airport is a popular hub for jets coming in and out of the Phoenix area, especially during big sports weekends like the Waste Management Phoenix Open golf tournament, which attracts huge crowds just a few miles away. 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 Guardian
11-02-2025
- The Guardian
One dead as jet owned by Mötley Crüe singer collides with plane in Arizona
One person was killed and others were injured when a private jet owned by the Mötley Crüe singer Vince Neil collided with another jet on Monday afternoon at the Scottsdale airport in Arizona, authorities said. Neil's jet was landing at the airport when it veered off the runway and collided with another parked plane, Neil's representative, Worrick Robinson IV, said in a statement. Two pilots and two passengers were on Neil's plane, but he was not among them. '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 arriving jet veered off the runway and collided with the Gulfstream 200 jet that was parked on private property, according to Kelli Kuester, aviation planning and outreach coordinator at the Scottsdale airport. It appeared that the left main 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 person was in the parked plane. Two people injured in the collision were taken to trauma centers and one was in stable condition at a hospital, Capt Dave Folio of Scottsdale fire department said. He said they were working to recover the body of the person killed in the collision. 'Our thoughts and prayers go out to everybody involved in this,' Folio said. The runway has been closed and will remain closed 'for the foreseeable future', Kuester said. Scottsdale's mayor, Lisa Borowsky, said in a statement that she was closely monitoring the situation and was in touch with the airport, police and federal agencies. 'On behalf of the city of Scottsdale, we offer our deepest condolences to those involved in the accident and for those who have been taken to our trauma center for treatment,' she said. 'We will keep all affected by this tragedy in our prayers.' The airport is a popular hub for jets coming in and out of the Phoenix area, especially during big sports weekends like the Waste Management Phoenix Open golf tournament, which attracts huge crowds just a few miles away. The Scottsdale collision comes after three major US aviation disasters in the past two weeks. A commercial jetliner and an army helicopter collided near the nation's capital on 29 January, killing 67 people. A medical transportation plane crashed in Philadelphia on 31 January, 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.
Asharq Al-Awsat
11-02-2025
- Asharq Al-Awsat
Private Jets Collide at Scottsdale Airport in Arizona, Killing 1 Person
One person was killed and others were injured when a private jet owned by Mötley Crüe singer Vince Neil collided with another jet Monday afternoon at the Scottsdale Airport in Arizona, authorities said. Neil's jet was landing at the airport when it veered off the runway and collided with another parked plane, Neil's representative Worrick Robinson, IV, said in a statement. There were two pilots and two passengers on Neil's plane, but he was not among them. '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 arriving jet veered off the runway and collided with the Gulfstream 200 jet that was parked on private property, according to Kelli Kuester, aviation planning and outreach coordinator at the Scottsdale Airport. It appeared that the left main 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 person was in the parked plane. Two people injured in the collision were taken to trauma centers and one was in stable condition at a hospital, Scottsdale Fire Department Capt. Dave Folio said. He said they were working to recover the body of the person killed in the collision. 'Our thoughts and prayers go out to everybody involved in this,' The Associated Press quoted Folio as saying. The runway has been closed and will remain closed 'for the foreseeable future,' Kuester said. Scottsdale Mayor Lisa Borowsky said in a statement that she is closely monitoring the situation and is in touch with the airport, police and federal agencies. 'On behalf of the city of Scottsdale, we offer our deepest condolences to those involved in the accident and for those who have been taken to our trauma center for treatment,' she said. 'We will keep all affected by this tragedy in our prayers.'
CNN
11-02-2025
- CNN
At least one dead and several injured after a private jet crashed into another upon arrival in Arizona
At least one person is dead and several injured after a small business jet crashed into a parked plane as it arrived at Scottsdale Airport in Arizona, just east of Phoenix, on Monday afternoon. The arriving plane is owned by Mötley Crüe frontman Vince Neil, according to a representative for the singer. Neil was not onboard, the representative, Worrick Robinson, said in a statement to CNN. 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 Learjet 35A aircraft was arriving from Austin, Texas, when it veered off the runway and crashed into a parked Gulfstream G200 jet, Kuester said at a Monday news conference. 'It appears that the left main gear failed upon landing resulting in the accident,' she said. The National Transportation Safety Board is at the scene and leading the investigation into the incident, according to Kuester. In response to a CNN inquiry, the NTSB said only that it is investigating. The crash follows several aviation disasters in recent weeks, including a fatal midair collision near Washington, DC, that killed all 67 people onboard both aircraft and the crash of a medevac jet in Philadelphia that killed seven. The FAA has paused flights into the airport, the agency said.
