The Scottsdale Airport, a corporate jet facility, is not accessible to commercial airline flights and is nine miles north of downtown Scottsdale, according to its website. About 166,000 takeoffs and landings were made at the airport last year. The Monday plane crash is the latest major deadly aviation incident in the U.S. within the last two weeks. In late January, a commercial plane crashed into a military helicopter during its descent into Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport,
killing 67 people. The collision is still under investigation as black boxes from both aircraft were successfully recovered early this month. Just two days after the collision at Reagan airport, seven people were killed in a Philadelphia plane crash that injured more than a dozen people on the ground. A cause for the crash has not yet been named by officials.Arizona Plane Crash: As Jets Collide At Scottsdale Airport
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The Scottsdale Airport in Arizona was closed Monday afternoon after a jet veered off the runway into a parked aircraft, killing one person and hospitalizing three others, in what appears to be the latest deadly aviation accident in the United States.
1 dead, multiple injured in Scottsdale Airport plane crash
One person is dead and multiple others are injured after a jet collided with a parked jet at the Scottsdale Airport Monday afternoon. After landing at Scottsdale Airport on Monday, Feb. 10, a plane crashed into another parked plane. The Scottsdale Fire Department says one person was killed, three others were badly hurt and another is still trapped inside. FOX 10’s Steve Nielsen has more. Arizona Plane Crash: As Jets Collide At Scottsdale Airport
The left main gear of one of the jets failed during its landing, causing it to veer and crash into a larger jet, airport officials said.
A small plane veered off the runway at Scottsdale Airport in Arizona on Monday afternoon after part of its landing gear failed, causing it to crash into a parked business jet on a tarmac, killing one person and injuring three others, the authorities said.
The crash happened at about 2:45 p.m., when a Learjet 35A that had taken off from Austin, Tex., landed and then collided with a larger Gulfstream 200 business jet that was parked on private property near the runway, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. The Learjet’s left main gear failed as it landed, said Kelli Kuester, the aviation planning and outreach coordinator for the Scottsdale Airport. Arizona Plane Crash: As Jets Collide At Scottsdale Airport
One person was dead at the scene, two others were taken to local trauma centers in critical condition and another was taken to a hospital in stable condition Capt. Dave Folio of the Scottsdale Fire Department said at a news conference. One person refused treatment. Arizona Plane Crash: As Jets Collide At Scottsdale Airport
All flights were paused and runways were shut down. The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the episode.
Officials would not immediately release the names of the five people involved in the accident or say which plane they had been on. One person has died and four others were injured after a plane hit another on the ground near Scottsdale Airport in Arizona on Monday, authorities said. Arizona Plane Crash: As Jets Collide At Scottsdale Airport
The crash “off the runway” was reported at 2:39 p.m., and first responders found one person dead on arrival, Scottsdale Fire Capt. Dave Folio said.
Four others were injured, including two taken to medical facilities in critical condition, another whose treatment was delayed but whose condition was not given, and a fourth who refused treatment at the scene, the captain said.
Airport spokesperson Kelli Kuester said at a news conference that one of the arriving plane’s two sets of main landing gear failed upon landing, “resulting in the accident.” Arizona Plane Crash: As Jets Collide At Scottsdale Airport
The arriving plane was coming from Austin, she said.
The Federal Aviation Administration said a Learjet 35A veered off the runway after landing and crashed into a Gulfstream 200 business jet.
Flights at the airport were paused, the FAA said, and the incident was under investigation.
Because an investigation was just starting, Folio said he was unable to answer questions about the collision.
“This is still an active scene,” he said. Arizona Plane Crash: As Jets Collide At Scottsdale Airport
Airport spokesperson Kelli Kuester described the aircraft as “midsize business jets.” She said the arriving flight crashed into a jet “parked on private property” adjacent to the facility.
The tail number for the arriving plane is registered to Chromed in Hollywood, LLC, an entity with incorporation papers in Wyoming that state Vince Neil is the president and director and the entity is based in Franklin, Tennessee. That’s also the hometown of Vince Neil of rock band Mötley Crüe. Arizona Plane Crash: As Jets Collide At Scottsdale Airport
Scottsdale: At least one person was killed and others were injured when private jets collided Monday afternoon at the Scottsdale Airport in Arizona, authorities said. A midsize business jet hit another midsize business jet that was parked on private property, according to Kelli Kuester, aviation planning and outreach coordinator at the Scottsdale Airport. One jet veered off the runway and collided with the Gulfstream 200 jet that was parked, according to Kuester. It appeared that the primary landing gear of the arriving jet failed, resulting in the collision, she said. Arizona Plane Crash: As Jets Collide At Scottsdale Airport
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 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.
At least one dead after plane crashes into jet on runway as all flights grounded at major US airport
At least one person has died and several others have been injured after a plane crashed into another jet at Scottsdale Airport in Arizona. Arizona Plane Crash: As Jets Collide At Scottsdale Airport
A midsize business jet hit another midsize business jet at 2.30pm local time, resulting in all flights being grounded.
“We have five souls, one [dead on arrival], two immediate that have been transported to local trauma centers, one delayed stable to a local hospital, and this is still an active scene. We are still working on extricating one soul out of one of the airplanes,” said Scottsdale Fire Department Captain Dave Folio. Arizona Plane Crash: As Jets Collide At Scottsdale Airport
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