Nearly a year ago, a private jet owned by Motley Crue singer Vince Neil veered off the runway during landing and crashed into another jet at Scottsdale Airport, killing the pilot and injuring several others on board. Neil was not on board at the time.
A survivor who was on the plane, Las Vegas resident Ashley Rosile, is now suing the city of Scottsdale over the crash. Rosile claims the airport, which is owned and operated by the city, negligently allowed another aircraft, a Gulfstream G200, to park in a spot that put it in the path of the wayward Gates Learjet 35A in which she was a passenger. The lawsuit notes that Scottsdale Airport is “among the top 10 busiest single-runway airports globally,” handling “around 166,000 takeoffs and landings on an annual basis.”
The lawsuit adds: “A reasonable municipality prevents collisions between planes by ensuring that parked planes are kept at a reasonably safe distance from the airport’s runway and taxiways.”…