Elton John, 74, caught in terrifying double mid-air emergency as his £66million private jet suffers hydraulic failure en route to New York

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[algore]

It comes after the legendary singer was forced to cancel two shows in Dallas, Texas after testing positive for Covid last month.

'It is with great regret that the Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour dates in Dallas set for Tuesday, January 25 and Wednesday, January 26 must be postponed due to Elton recently testing positive for COVID-19,' a statement confirmed at the time.

'Fortunately, Elton is fully vaccinated and boosted, and is experiencing only mild symptoms. Fans should hold on to their tickets as they will be honoured at the rescheduled dates to be announced soon.'

'Elton and the Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour look forward to returning to the stage shortly.'

The flamboyant British rocker had only just resumed his Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour on Jan 20., when he returned to the stage in New Orleans after a nearly two-year hiatus.

'Wow, we haven't played a show since the 6th of March 2020. This is a new experience for us, I've never had this amount of time off in my life ... playing music, well at least since I was 17 years of age,' he told the crowd at that concert.

'I have a fact for you, you have been holding on to these tickets for 745 days. And I can't thank you enough for being so patient. We live in funny times but we're gonna have a great time.

[PGR88]

Yeah, it really sucks flying in one’s own private jet....

[gundog]

Hydraulic clotting?

[lightman]

At least he didn’t become a candle in the wind-—yet.

[BipolarBob]

That’s why I sold my fleet of Lear jets.

[dfwgator]

Was it one of Bennie’s Jets?

[dsrtsage]

Almost had the John Denver experience...

[dfwgator]

OMG, that is so bad, LOL!

[irishjuggler]

“Daniel is traveling tonight on a plane, I can see the red tail lights heading for Spain...”

[far sider]

Too bad they didn’t land in Austin. They could have stayed at the Holiday Inn.

[dfwgator]

Was Daniel on the plane?

[Tench_Coxe]

I was told first hand about a mishap over the mid Atlantic where the flight crew was on one engine and managed to safely touched down. Same source accurately described what Sully Sullenberger did to save his plane passengers prior to what was later reported in the media.

[WMarshal]

3 “vaccine” shots and the twist still was infected by coronavirus. The clot-shot con is the biggest crime against humanity since World War II.

[ThunderSleeps]

Hydraulic failure is an emergency. Having to go around a couple of times - obviously with plenty of fuel since the flight was just starting - that’s not an emergency. There are aircraft performing go arounds every day. There was no “double emergency.” More sensationalism to get clicks.

[bigbob]

Going to a funeral for a friend...almost

[Larry Lucido]

A lot of words. Not one word about a plane. Hmmm.

Here. An actual useful excerpt.

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The singer was travelling from Farnborough Airport in Hampshire on Monday for a gig in New York and was at 10,000ft over Ireland when pilots decided they had to return due to a problem with the plane’s hydraulic systems.

The pilot radioed ahead and requested an emergency landing with fire crews racing to the runway to be on hand.

But as Storm Franklin’s 80mph winds buffeted the airfield the plane was twice forced to abort its emergency landing and go around again, only successfully touching down at the third attempt.

Emergency services surrounded the £66m Bombardier Global Express jet as it came to a halt, with sources telling The Sun 74-year-old Sir Elton was ‘shaken’ by the incident.

One source said: ‘The jet was being buffeted and couldn’t land. It was horrible to see.’

Terrifying: Sir Elton John, 74, was caught in a horrific mid-air drama as his £66million Bombardier Global Express private jet suffered hydraulic failure at 10,000ft (pictured in January)

Terrifying: Sir Elton John, 74, was caught in a horrific mid-air drama as his £66million Bombardier Global Express private jet suffered hydraulic failure at 10,000ft (pictured in January)

However, Elton later hopped on a plane to the United States to ensure he was in the country in time for his performance at at Madison Square Garden as part of his global Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour.

[Sicon]

Not to worry, he's wearing his mask. Among its many amazing powers, is the ability to become a parachute in the event of an airborne emergency.

[\/\/ayne]

Fortunately, (celebrity name here) is fully vaccinated and boosted, and is experiencing only mild symptoms.

Word for word what I've seen on other celebrity reports of Wuhan Virus.

[Jane Long]

They should probably also add….and, taking Ivermectin.

😉

[Clutch Martin]

Until you form a bucket brigade from the hydraulic leak back to the master cylinder just to slightly maneuver back to the coast...

Which really did happen to a good friend of mine on a C-130... and yes they did safely land.