'Shaken' Elton John’s private jet forced to make emergency landing: 'Horrible to see!'
express.co.uk"The plane was being buffeted and couldn’t make it."The aircraft’s nose was far too vertical."He added: "The plane was descending and was halfway along the runway when it gave up trying to hit the tarmac."It soared back in the air."He said a "crowd had gathered after word went around that Elton was in difficulty" and as the pilot attempted to land the plane again, the storm "was doing its worst".Philip continued: "The airport's windsock was horizontal and the aircraft was being rocked from side to side by the wind."The pilot made a valiant attempt to get down with the jet 'crabbing' into the storm, but it didn’t make it and had to head back upwards."It was only at the third attempt to land that the plane got down."The pilot made a flatter approach and the wind had dropped slightly."Everyone watching was mightily relieved."Elton was on his way to perform at Madison Square Garden.The gig was part of his global Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour.But despite the scary ordeal, he luckily managed to catch another flight to the US just hours later..
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