A man has lost his life when a private jet owned by Mötley Crüe lead singer Vince Neil crashed into another plane on the runway at Scottsdale Airport in Arizona on Monday afternoon, Feb. 10.
Officials said the accident happened just before 3 p.m. when a Learjet 35A, registered to Neil’s business Chromed in Hollywood, “veered off the runway after landing,” the Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement.
The jet collided with a Gulfstream 200 parked at a nearby ramp, according to AZ Family.
Four people were onboard the Learjet, flying in from Austin, while one was on the Gulfstream, according to officials.
Neil’s lawyers said the rock star was not on the jet at the time of the collision, but his girlfriend, Rain Andreani and her friend were aboard, sources close to the situation told TMZ.
The two women survived with Andreani suffering five broken ribs, according to the outlet. They were taken to the hospital.
Dogs that were with the women during the private flight also survived the crash.
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 d!ed 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 his Facebook page.
“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.
City of Scottsdale officials said one person refused medical attention at the scene.
A viral video obtained by news outlets showed one plane struggling to safely come to a stop on the runway as it skidded into the parked plane.
The arriving plane hit the stationary plane so hard that it pushed it several yards before both planes finally came to a stop.
Pictures from the runway showed a jet on the tarmac without landing gear alongside the other plane, as emergency vehicles and personnel stood nearby.
Scottsdale officials said in a statement that the left main landing gear on Learjet appeared to fail when the plane touched down, causing the collision.
There has been an upsurge in airmishaps in America in the last few weeks, leaving travelers across the country on edge.
On Jan. 29, 67 people were k!lled when a US Army helicopter and an American Airlines jet collided in the air and landed in the Potomac river at Reagan National Airport in Washington, DC.
Two days later, a jet carrying six people plummeted into a busy Philadelphia street and exploded on impact, k!lling all six people onboard and one person on the ground.
Watch the video of the Arizona Airport jet collision here
