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Private jets collide in Arizona, killing at least one

Motley Crue jet collision

Source: Arizona’s Family 

At least one person was killed when a jet reportedly belonging to Motley Crue’s lead singer Vince Neil collided with another jet at an airport in Arizona, US.

The midsize arriving plane owned by the band’s 64-year-old frontman smashed into another that was parked at Scottsdale Airport.

The singer’s girlfriend Rain Andreana, 43, was reportedly on board with her friend and both survived and were hospitalised, TMZ reported. Neil was reportedly not on the plane.

Rain suffered five broken ribs, sources told TMZ.

A spokesperson for Neil issued a statement to Arizona-based AZFamily.

“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,” said the spokesperson.

Motley Crue Vince Neil

Motley Crue lead singer Vince Neil was reportedly not on his plane. Photo: AAP

Scottsdale Airport’s Kelli Kuester said one jet veered off the runway and collided with a Gulfstream 200 jet that was parked.

It appeared that the primary 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 was in the parked plane.

Two people injured in the collision were taken to trauma centres and one was in stable condition at a hospital, Scottsdale Fire Department Captain Dave Folio said.

He said they were working to recover the body of the person killed in the collision.

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 January 29, killing 67 people.

A medical transportation plane crashed in Philadelphia on January 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.

-with AAP

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