Travolta's 707 makes emergency landing

Flight International ^ | 04/04/07 | David Kaminski-Morrow

[Yo-Yo]

Hollywood star John Travolta was forced to make an emergency landing in Ireland on Monday while piloting his private Boeing 707 from Germany to New York.

The actor, who was flying back to the USA after promoting his new movie Wild Hogs in Germany, landed safely at Shannon Airport after his Boeing 707-138B suffered "technical difficulties", thought to be engine-related. He was said to be unhurt but shaken by the dramatic incident. The 53-year-old, the only private individual to own a Boeing 707, serial number N707JT, hired another aircraft and completed the journey while the 707 was grounded for repairs.

Eight years ago the star suffered a similar mid-air drama when his plane lost an engine and he was forced to make an emergency landing in Boston.

[Yo-Yo]

I guess when the aircraft spends months at a time just sitting at the Travolta compound, things deteriorate.

[JustRight]

Must have been some bad thetans.

[streetpreacher]

I was told that Travolta owned a 777. Guess not.

[Smogger]

Wow is that really his house? Holy @#$@#$

[ken5050]

Do we know if his 707 has had the engines modified to be more fuel efficient and less polluting?

[A message]

Betcha that house leaves a heck of a carbon footprint. I think he needs to buy some offsets from me.

[llevrok]

Must have sucked a carbon credit into the fans or two?

[bray]

Must have run out of Carbon Offsets!!

Pray for W and Our Troops

[poindexters brother]

I’m sure he purchases carbon credits to compensate for any excess energy consumption.

Pfoooey!

[Red6]

I see he’s running the old jets on this bird too!

Isn’t he another Hollywood celeb that rips his mouth open about “global warming”?

[thefactor]

yes that is ONE of his houses. he has many. good for him, just dont talk to me about conservation, johnnie. i wonder how many people were on his plane when he had to land. talk about wasting fuel.

[garv]

He was said to be unhurt but shaken by the dramatic incident.

I wonder if Kelly Preston was shaken by the photos of him kissing another dude?

[DainBramage]

Ground: "Quantas 727 proceed alpha to Juliet hold short runway 34 right"

Barbarino: "Whut".

[bray]

I got some offsets I bought from a Bangladeshi family living on a trash heap I can sell him real cheap! Got some others from a bum on Skidrow that will cost a little extra.

Pray for W and Our Troops

[saganite]

It wasn’t an emergency. He stopped for fuel and had a technical problem on the ground.

[AFreeBird]

I wonder if this is the same plane he takes his boyfriends up for a, ahem... little spin.

Or does he use the Gulfstream for that.

[reagan_fanatic]

[MinorityRepublican]

THat makes us wonder how often maintenence is being done on the plane?

[dfwgator]

Xenu is deeply saddened.

[Vision]

Mr. Global Warming.

Great article. They seem to have left out that he was flying this alone. Alone! His Boeing 707 has three dining rooms and seats 179 people...I've read.