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NEW: Planes Collide At Another Major Airport; 4 Casualties Reported
A deadly collision between a musician’s private jet and another airplane is renewing fears about the state of America’s air travel.
The incident, which occurred Monday afternoon at the Scottsdale Airport in Arizona, comes just two weeks after a deadly collision between a passenger aircraft and military helicopter over Washington, D.C., which led to the death of all 67 passengers. While only a single individual is believed dead in Monday’s crash, it nonetheless is a startling episode to occur so quickly afterward.
Surveillance footage shows the private plane of Mötley Crüe singer Vince Neil losing control on the tarmac and ramming into the right side of a small business jet. Shortly before impact, Neil’s jet appeared to lose control of its landing gear, and smoke billowed out from its tires.
City spokesperson Kelli Kuester reported that at least one passenger has been reported dead while three more were seriously injured, according to CNN.
“It appears that the left main gear failed upon landing resulting in the accident,” she said.
DEVELOPING: Plane owned by Mötley Crüe singer Vince Neil crashes into parked jet at Scottsdale Airport in Arizona.
Officials confirm at least 1 person was killed, 4 injured. It’s unknown if Neil was on board the plane. pic.twitter.com/t1etMwP75A
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Neil, who was not on board at the time, offered condolences to the family of the person who was killed.
“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,” Warwick Robinson, an attorney for the musician, said in a statement.
Monday’s crash is the fourth deadly incident across U.S. airways in the past two weeks. In addition to the American Airlines crash over Reagan International Airport in Washington, a medevac jet in Philadelphia crashed in a northeast Philadelphia neighborhood on January 31, killing seven.
On February 6th, a regional airplane flying over Alaska disappeared from radar. The following week, rescuers discovered its wreckage and the bodies of all 10 passengers on board, making it one of the state’s deadliest crashes of the past 25 years.
JetPros, the private charter service that manages the jet, said it is cooperating with authorities probing the incident.
“There were no injuries on board the Gulfstream, but external damages were sustained to the aircraft,” the company said in a statement to CNN affiliate KNXV. “We are cooperating fully with airport authorities and relevant agencies as they conduct a thorough review of the situation.”
Representatives from the National Transportation Safety Board are on site, the outlet added, and the Federal Aviation Administration temporarily paused flights to the single-runway airport. Scottsdale began receiving flights again by late Monday evening.