One person is dead and several are hospitalized after two planes collided on a runway at Scottsdale Airport in Arizona on Monday, Feb. 10.
At 2:39 p.m. local time, a midsize business jet that was arriving at the airport collided with another business jet that was “parked on private property,” Kelli Kuester, aviation planning and outreach coordinator at the Scottsdale Airport, said in a statement shared with PEOPLE.
The runway is closed “for the foreseeable future,” said Kuester.
Five people were involved in the incident, with one being pronounced dead on arrival, Scottsdale Fire Department spokesperson Capt. Dave Folio said in a news briefing published by Fox 10 Phoenix. Two people were transported to trauma centers, and another was taken to a local hospital in stable condition.
“We’re doing everything we can to extricate and save the one soul that’s still on board,” he added. “Our thoughts and prayers go out to everybody involved in this.”
Folio noted that authorities arrived on the scene just moments after the incident and requested additional alarms and hazmat units to evaluate the area and surrounding buildings. Authorities “got an all clear” of the nearby structures, Folio said.
The Scottsdale Airport previously said via X that the incident occurred on Runway 21.
In a follow-up news briefing, Kuester explained that the incident occurred after the arriving plane’s “left gear failed upon landing.”
Video of the collision posted by AZCentral showed the landing plane buckling and skidding on the runway before making impact with the parked plane.
Mötley Crüe singer Vince Neil’s private jet was one of the aircrafts involved, the band said in a statement on Instagram Monday night.
Neil was not on board, however, his girlfriend and her friend sustained non-life-threatening injuries.
“The pilot was tragically killed; the co-pilot and other passengers were taken to local hospitals,” the band’s statement continued. “While details are still emerging, our hearts go out to the families of both the pilot who lost his life and the passengers who suffered injuries.”
The group will share ways to support the family of the deceased pilot soon, they said.
This story is developing.
