Elton John was on his way from Hampshire to New York when two dramatic incidents overtook him. His plane had a hydraulic problem and turned back for safety. But the landing was also difficult due to hurricane gusts.
The singer Elton John was lucky in misfortune twice, because despite massive complications during a flight, the last attempt to land went well for the singer. His £66million private jet encountered hydraulic problems en route to New York, forcing the pilots to turn back. But back at Farnborough Airport in Hampshire, two attempts to land failed due to strong winds.
The “I’m Still Standing” singer was actually on his way to New York to play his concert for the “Farewell Yellow Brick Road” tour here in Madison Square Garden, when several incidents happened. At an altitude of 10,000 feet (about 3 km), the private jet’s hydraulics failed. An incident that caused the pilots of the machine to turn back. After just an hour flight time. An emergency landing should be ordered. But back at Farnborough Airport there was the next incident, or rather two.
Elton John: Two landing attempts with the private jet aborted
The fire brigade and the police had already arrived at the airport for the emergency landing of the plane, but the machine failed to land twice. Only on the third attempt did the pilots succeed in bringing the private jet safely to earth. Hurricane Franklin swept across the landing area at 130 kilometers per hour. The landing was repeatedly prevented and the position of the aircraft manipulated during the attempt to land. “The jet was really thrown in the air, it was horrible to watch,” an eyewitness told The Sun.
An airport worker, Philip Thomsen, reported: “The nose of the plane was too vertical. The private jet was already descending and halfway to the runway when the pilots aborted the attempt to land and lifted the plane back into the air. We had to do this twice A crowd had gathered as word got around that Sir Elton John was in the plane. On the third attempt to land, the wind had eased a little and the pilot chose a flatter approach, which was successful. The crowd breathed a sigh of relief.”
Sir Elton John boarded a plane again bound for New York only a few hours later in order to be able to play the concert on February 23 in Madison Square Garden despite the dramatic incident.
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