Jennifer Lawrence was in the passenger seat of a scary situation on Saturday. The 26-year-old actress, who was in Louisville, Kentucky visiting with family, experienced a harrowing flight on a private plane.
According to E! News, during the flight, which was headed for New Jersey’s Teterboro Airport, one of the plane’s engines failed at 31,000 feet. The pilots were forced to perform an emergency landing and arrived safely in Buffalo, New York. And, if being forced to make an emergency landing wasn’t scary enough, the jet’s second engine failed during the landing. Thankfully, no one was injured.
A spokeswoman for the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority (NFTA) told the Buffalo News that the jet, a Beechcraft 400 Beechjet, was diverted to the airport Saturday afternoon. She went on to say that two passengers and crew members were on board the plane, but did not say that Lawrence was among them. The FAA is currently investigating the cause of the engine failure.
What is it with celebrities and private planes? Ever since “the day the music died”, when Buddy Holly, Richie Valens and the Big Bopper died in a plane crash, there have been so many other entertainers who lost their lives in small plane crashes. I mean, Jim Croce, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Otis Redding, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Aaliyah…the list goes on. Commercial air travel sucks, but if I were famous, I’d definitely opt for a big plane. Glad everyone’s okay.
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