Donnie Wahlberg is checking in with fans after his plane skidded off the runway at the Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas on Sunday (Oct. 18).
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In an Instagram video posted the night of the incident, the New Kids on the Block member filmed himself on the ground outside the airport as officials in the background addressed the situation. His update came after the airport announced on X that a “general aviation aircraft” had “skid off” one of its runways and “made contact with the perimeter fence.”
“We’re all OK. I’m OK,” Wahlberg said in the clip. “We were taking off and didn’t get up in the air and ran out of runway. These pilots saved our lives, and God covered us.”
The singer-actor also showed viewers a cluster of trucks and a dumpster that he said the plane had avoided as it veered off the runway.
“Getting a lot of concerned messages and texts about my flights failed attempt at leaving Las Vegas this morning,” Wahlberg wrote in his caption. “I appreciate your concern and well wishes. I made this video for my friends and family, after the incident, but so many of you all are my family too so I figured I’d share with you. Yes, it was me and my team/friends onboard the aircraft. It was a rather intense few moments (which felt like a few long minutes).”
“Thankful to God, of course, and to our incredible pilots who did an amazing job of keeping us safe and avoiding a serious disaster,” he added. “The airplane did take some lumps — but we did not. Thank you to all the emergency personnel on the ground in Las Vegas! You all were absolutely wonderful.”
According to CBS News, the Federal Aviation Administration confirmed that the plane’s pilot had aborted takeoff as it was getting ready to fly to Toronto. The reason for the aborted takeoff is still under investigation.
Wahlberg’s flight scare came just after he and his NKOTB bandmates wrapped their Vegas residency at Dolby Live at Park MGM on Saturday (Oct. 17). The group last dropped an album in 2024, reaching No. 56 on the Billboard 200 with Still Kids, its first LP in more than a decade.
See Wahlberg’s post below.