Amy Jo Johnson is speaking out after a scary Sunday morning in Las Vegas. The Power Rangers alum was on board Donnie Wahlberg’s private jet when it aborted takeoff at Harry Reid International Airport and skidded off the runway into a perimeter fence. The plane had been headed to Toronto Pearson Airport, and all eight people on board made it out without injuries.
Johnson posted photos from Wahlberg’s New Kids on the Block concert the night before alongside images of the damaged aircraft, writing that the group“crushed it”in their last Vegas show and that she’s“grateful and very happy to be alive”after a“very hairy plane situation.”Wahlberg also spoke out, crediting the pilots directly:“These pilots saved our lives.”Airport officials closed two runways for inspection, and the FAA is looking into the incident.
The whole story is a bizarre crossover of’90s nostalgia, and thankfully it ends with everyone safe and two stars reminding fans not to take a smooth landing for granted. So go ahead and thank your next flight crew.
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