Elton John’s Private Jet Suffers Failure at 10,000ft and Forced to Make Emergency Landing
- 2 years ago
SIR Elton John turned into stuck in a terrifying mid-air drama while his private jet suffered hydraulic failure at 10,000ft.
The plane two times aborted landing on an afternoon winds hit 80mph. fire crews raced to Farnborough Airport, Hants.
A witness said: “The jet became being buffeted and couldn’t land. It became horrible to peer.”
The celebrity singer, seventy four, changed into shaken through the ordeal — however hours later caught every other flight to the USA in time for a gig ultimate night time.
His nail-biting drama began rapidly after the £66million jet left the airport, for big apple at 10.20am.
approximately an hour into the ride the plane suffered hydraulic failure at 10,000ft and the pilot had to make a U-flip while coming near the coast of southern Ireland.
He headed back to Farnborough and radioed air traffic manipulate to claim an emergency landing.
Ambulance crews and police have been alerted at 11.19am. Firefighters from six stations raced to the scene and the runway was cleared.
The plane two times aborted landing on an afternoon winds hit 80mph. fire crews raced to Farnborough Airport, Hants.
A witness said: “The jet became being buffeted and couldn’t land. It became horrible to peer.”
The celebrity singer, seventy four, changed into shaken through the ordeal — however hours later caught every other flight to the USA in time for a gig ultimate night time.
His nail-biting drama began rapidly after the £66million jet left the airport, for big apple at 10.20am.
approximately an hour into the ride the plane suffered hydraulic failure at 10,000ft and the pilot had to make a U-flip while coming near the coast of southern Ireland.
He headed back to Farnborough and radioed air traffic manipulate to claim an emergency landing.
Ambulance crews and police have been alerted at 11.19am. Firefighters from six stations raced to the scene and the runway was cleared.