Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s non-public jet suffered a critical mechanical problem that compelled him to make an emergency touchdown and pull the plug on his journey.
The Hollywood actor, 52, was on a flight from Hawaii to Houston, Texas, for the opening of the United Soccer League’s second season when his $65 million Gulfstream G650 bumped into a significant glitch.
The previous WWE champ, who’s a co-owner of the UFL, detailed the terrifying ordeal in a publish on social media, saying the mid-air incident compelled him to go again to his Hawaii residence.
“I’m here back home in Hawaii, and I was scheduled right now to be in Houston, Texas,” he mentioned in a video on X, revealing that the problem befell simply “35 to 40 minutes” after takeoff.
“Right now, I was going to be on the field in Houston, Texas hyping up the crowd getting them ready with mana and electricity as we kicked off our UFL, our United Football League season number two, live on Fox.”
“I was ready to go. Man, I was super pumped to get down there to Texas, to rock and roll with all the players and fans and coaches. I’m just so super bummed that I can’t be there and I’m so sorry,” Johnson mentioned, including that the pilot advised him {that a} “hydraulics overheating issue” precipitated the malfunction.
The “Moana” actor praised his pilot’s “demeanor” in the course of the touch-and-go second.
“He explained to me what happened, and he said it was a hydraulics issue with overheating,” Johnson mentioned.
“The pilot comes back to me, he gets down on one knee, and he is face-to-face with me. It’s just me on the plane. Just me and the crew. And he says, ‘Mr. Johnson, I’m sorry to inform you but we cannot continue to fly over the ocean. We have a problem. We have to turn the plane around, and we have to land back in Hawaii. You have my word I will land you back safely on the island.’”
“He said there are some issue we can work out as we are in the air, and then there’s some that we are not going to take a chance, especially over the ocean, and especially when the computer of the plane is saying don’t fly anymore over the ocean, you gotta get back to land,” he added.
The “Black Adam” actor admitted that he started to assume the worst as he requested himself, “Is this it? Is this how I check out?”
“But when the pilot comes out and he has a conversation with you, and he gets down on one knee, and then he goes back to the cockpit, the flight attendant, she was amazing, she goes ‘Mr. Johnson can I get you anything?’”
Johnson mentioned he requested for a drink to calm his nerves, including that he requested his flight attendant to “make it a double.”
“When you are back there alone with just your drink, and you are thinking about this, and you’ve got everything crossed hoping you make it back safely, you start to realize really quickly the s–t that is really important in life,” he mentioned.
“Then you realize the shit that doesn’t matter that you are thinking about and worrying about. I had one of those moments last night. Bottom line is: I’m grateful to be back on the ground. I’m grateful to be back home in Hawaii. Super-bummed I can’t be there in Texas.”
“I appreciate God, the universe … I took this as a sign from God and the universe. I wish though I was there in Houston, Texas,” the “Red One” actor added.
