Elton John has probably experienced the fear of his life! As relate The Sun and the DailyMailthe 74-year-old British singer was supposed to travel to New York by private jet but the device in which he was to travel experienced a technical problem in flight.
Monday, February 21, Elton John boarded a Bombardier Global Express private jet – a device similar to that in which his colleague Céline Dion travels – from Farnborough Private Airport in England, heading to New York. While the aircraft had started its flight for about an hour, once it reached 10,000 feet above Ireland, the pilot announced to the passengers that he had to turn around. The reason ? A problem with the aircraft’s hydraulic systems. The pilot twice tried to land at Farnborough airport in gusts of wind at 128 km / h, creating anxiety on board. “The jet was jerking all over the place and could not land. It was awful to see“, testified an anonymous source.
On the third try, the private jet was finally able to land and, as requested by the pilot by radio, help was waiting for the plane on the landing strip, including fire trucks in the event of a fire in the aircraft. A spokesman for the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Service, contacted by the Daily Mail, confirmed the incident on Tuesday 22: “Firefighters from Rushmoor, Hartley Wintney, Basingstoke, Fleet, Yateley and Surrey FRS were called at 11.16am yesterday to an incident at Farnborough Airport. No action was necessary, the airport emergency services having taken care of things.“
On his descent, Elton John appeared “shaken“by the incident reports The Sun. But the performer of the hits Sacrifice, I’m Still Standing, Rocket Man or Candle in the Wind was able to take another flight to the United States to go to his planned concert at Madison Square Garden. The artist, father of two boys, was previously on family vacation in Gstaad. A short escapade in the fresh air of the mountain which must have done the greatest good for the singer, who accumulated the glitches between a severe fall which required a hip operation and contamination with Covid-19. Despite everything, he continues until the end the last dates of his great farewell tour for the pleasure of his millions of fans.