SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) 鈥 One person was killed and others were injured when a private jet owned by M枚tley Cr眉e 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鈥檚 plane, but he was not among them.
鈥淢r. Neil鈥檚 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.
鈥淥ur thoughts and prayers go out to everybody involved in this,鈥 Folio said.
The runway has been closed and will remain closed 鈥渇or the foreseeable future,鈥 Kuester said.
Scottsdale Mayor Lisa Borowskysaid in a statement that she is closely monitoring the situation and is in touch with the airport, police and federal agencies.
鈥淥n 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,鈥 she said. 鈥淲e will keep all affected by this tragedy in our prayers.鈥
The airport is a popular hub for jets coming in and out of the Phoenix area, especially during big sports weekends like the , which attracts huge crowds just a few miles away.
The Scottsdale collision comes after three in the past two weeks. A commercial jetliner and an Army helicopter on Jan. 29, . A in Philadelphia on Jan. 31, killing the six people on board and another person on the ground. And last week a small commuter plane on its way to the hub community of Nome, killing all 10 people on board.
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Associated Press reporter Gabriel Sandoval in Phoenix contributed.
