Donnie Wahlberg Thanks God After Jet Plane Accident in Vegas

Donnie Wahlberg credited God and his pilots after a private jet carrying him and seven others skidded off a Las Vegas runway and struck a fence last Sunday, October 18. No injuries were reported after the failed takeoff at Harry Reid International Airport. “I’m just going to tell you these pilots saved our lives. And God covered us,” the actor and New Kids on the Block singer said in an Instagram video shared after the incident. The jet went off runway 1L at about 11 a.m. local time. The airport confirmed that the aircraft hit its perimeter fence and said there were “no known injuries at this time,” according to Fox News. The Federal Aviation Administration told People that eight people were aboard the Dassault Falcon 50 when the pilot aborted takeoff. The flight was bound for Toronto Pearson Airport in Canada. Watch Donnie Wahlberg’s video on Instagram Wahlberg had performed with New Kids on the Block at the final show of the group’s Las Vegas residency the night before. His departure the next morning ended before the plane could leave the ground. “We were taking off and didn’t get up in the air and ran out of runway,” Wahlberg said. He told viewers the jet avoided heavy airport e...