The plane crash on Monday follows a string of deadly aircraft incidents in the last two weeks, including a mid-air collision with an army helicopter and a commercial jet near Washington DC on 29 January, which killed 67 people.
According to a statement posted to the band’s Instagram, the Learjet aircraft Model 25A was attempting to land when, “for reasons unknown at this time”, it veered from the runway causing it to collide with another parked plane.
Mötley Crüe frontman Vince Neil was not on board when a private jet he owned crashed at an airport in Arizona, the band have confirmed.
The incident, which happened off the runway at Scottsdale Airport on Monday afternoon (10 February) left Neil’s girlfriend Rain Andreani and her friend with injuries that are not thought to be life-threatening.
Pilot of the private aircraft has died, while the frontman’s girlfriend reportedly broke five ribs in the crash and has been taken to hospital.
