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Donnie Wahlberg of New Kids on the Block performs on the opening night of the group's "The Right Stuff" Las Vegas residency at Dolby Live at Park MGM on June 20, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Donnie Wahlberg is speaking out after a private plane he was on skidded off the runway and hit a fence during a failed takeoff from the Las Vegas airport over the weekend.
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A shaken Donnie Wahlberg posts video after plane skids off runway at Vegas airport. ‘God covered us.’
What is it with the Wahlbergs and airplanes? Donnie Wahlberg narrowly averted disaster Sunday when the private jet he was in skidded off a runway at Las Vegas’s Harry Reid International Airport. “We were taking off and didn’t get up in the air,” the Dorchester native said in a video posted soon afterward on Instagram. “I’m just going to tell you these pilots saved our lives. And God covered us.”Wahlberg looks pale and shaken in the video. He’s standing on the tarmac, surrounded by emergency vehicles. The 57-year-old singer and actor says the jet — a Dassault Falcon 50 headed for Toronto — ran out of runway, but somehow managed to avoid crashing into fences, trucks, heavy equipment, and dumpsters. “It was me and my team/friends onboard the aircraft. It was a rather intense few moments,” Wahlberg wrote on Instagram. “Thankful to God, of course, and to our incredible pilots who did an amazing job of keeping us safe and avoiding a serious disaster. The airplane did take some lumps — but we did not.”Get Starting PointA guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter EmailPeople reported that the plane had eight people on board.
Donnie Wahlberg says he survived plane skidding incident
Arts & EntertainmentThe actor and singer said he was on a plane that skid off an airport runway. Watch ABC News live news stream and get 24/7 latest, breaking news coverage, and live video. ByYi-Jin Yu Monday, October 19, 2026 1:56PMDonnie Wahlberg is speaking out after he said he survived a failed plane takeoff. In a video shared on his Instagram page on Sunday, Wahlberg said he and others were on a plane that failed to take off from a Las Vegas airport. "We're all OK. I'm OK. We were taking off and didn't get up in the air and ran out of runway," the actor and New Kids on the Block singer said in the video. "These pilots saved our lives and ... I'm not sure how many fences we avoided but we didn't avoid the last one. But we avoided those trucks and heavy equipment and the dumpsters behind that," he added. Officials have not confirmed that the actor was on the flight but a statement released by Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas on Sunday said that "upon departure, a general aviation aircraft skid off runway 1L at Harry Reid International Airport (LAS) and made contact with the perimeter fence. "Top Stories"There are no known injuries at this time," the statement said.
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