Donnie Wahlberg praises God and pilots after plane skidded off runway at Las Vegas airport
Donnie Wahlberg praises God and pilots after plane skidded off runway at Las Vegas airport
Donnie Wahlberg is thanking God and the pilots who helped prevent a "serious disaster" after the private jet carrying him and seven others skidded off a runway at Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas.
On Sunday, Wahlberg — who had just performed with New Kids on the Block during the final show of the bands Las Vegas residency — took to social media to recount the incident and thank the pilots and God for keeping everyone on board safe.
"Getting a lot of concerned messages and texts about my flight's failed attempt at leaving Las Vegas this morning," he wrote in the caption. "I appreciate your concern and well wishes."
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"I made this video for my friends and family after the incident, but so many of you all are my family too so I figured Id share with you," Wahlberg continued. "Yes, it was me and my team/friends onboard the aircraft."
"It was a rather intense few moments, which felt like a few long minutes," he added.
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In a video filmed after the incident, Wahlberg said the plane never made it into the air.
"We're all okay. I'm okay," he said. "We were taking off and didn't get up in the air and ran out of runway."
"Im just going to tell you these pilots saved our lives," Wahlberg continued. "God covered us. I'm not sure how many fences we avoided, we didn't avoid the last one."
Wahlberg also said the plane narrowly missed trucks, heavy equipment and dumpsters near the end of the runway.
"God is good," he said. "I just finished praying, and I looked out the window and said, We're not going up in the air today, but we're safe and thankful. All is good. Praise Jesus."
In his Instagram caption, Wahlberg praised the pilots and emergency personnel who responded to the scene.
"Thankful to God, of course, and to our incredible pilots who did an amazing job of keeping us safe and avoiding a serious disaster," he wrote. "The airplane did take some lumps — but we did not."
"Thank you to all the emergency personnel on the ground in Las Vegas! You all were absolutely wonderful," he added. "All glory to God! By His grace, we are all ok."
Wahlbergs wife, Jenny McCarthy, reacted to the incident in the comments section of his post.
"God is so good!" McCarthy wrote.
Harry Reid International Airport spokesperson Monika Bertaki confirmed to the Associated Press that the aircraft skidded off runway 1L at approximately 11 a.m. Sunday and made contact with the airports perimeter fence.
"At approximately 11 a.m., upon departure, a general aviation aircraft skid off runway 1L at LAS and made contact with the perimeter fence," the airport said in a statement shared on soc




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