Officials say the plane owned by Mötley Crüe’s lead singer Vince Neil was involved in a fatal accident at Arizona’s Scottsdale airport on Monday afternoon.
A spokesman for the Scottsdale Fire Station told the Republic of Arizona, part of the USA Today network, after a person crashed into a parked plane, a business jet on Gulfstream 200, after landing at the Scottsdale airport. Colonel Dave Folio, a spokesman for the Scottsdale Fire Department, confirmed deaths and four injuries, adding that the two are in critical condition.
Scottsdale Airport spokesperson Kelly Quester said during an evening news briefing that Learjet arrived from Austin, Texas, and left the runway towards a parked jet plane. The left main gear of the plane that arrived failed upon landing, appearing to have caused a collision, Quester said.
According to records reviewed by the Republic of Arizona, Jet was registered with Wyoming company Hollywood, Inc. with Chrome, listing Neil as the aircraft owner.
Airplane crash: one person died, four people injured after jet crashed at Arizona Airport, authorities say
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A statement released by Neil’s legal representative, Warwick Robinson, confirmed that he was not on board USA Today.
“At 2:39pm local time, Vincenil’s Model 35A Learjet Aircraft was about to land at Scottsdale Airport. At this point, the plane turned from the runway and another parked plane was “We clashed with it.” The statement read. “Mr. Neil’s plane was two pilots and two passengers. Mr. Neil was not on the plane.”
The statement said: “Neal’s thoughts and prayers come to everyone involved and we are grateful for the critical help of all first responders today.”
Rock band manager Allen Kobak also told TMZ that Neil is not on the flight, but that the singer’s girlfriend, Rain and one of her friends are on the plane. The two were hospitalized.
The runway was closed after a crash that occurred around 2:30pm local time. The Scottsdale Fire Station was on the scene in several trucks and had to extract one person trapped in one of the planes.
Flight records show that the Gulfstream jet has been stationed at the airport since January 31st.
Quester said that National Traffic Safety Commission officials will be on the scene and will take over the investigation. The last fatal collision at Scottsdale Airport came in 2018 when a pilot, a student pilot and four passengers died after the plane crashed shortly after takeoff.
Contributions: Pamela Avila, USA Today