Dwayne Johnsons $65M private jet suffers mid-air mechanical issue

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s private jet suffered a serious mechanical issue that forced him to make an emergency landing and pull the plug on his trip.The Hollywood actor, 52, was on a flight from Hawaii to Houston, Texas, for the opening of the United Football League’s second season when his $65 million Gulfstream G650 ran into a major glitch.The former WWE champ, who is a co-owner of the UFL, detailed the terrifying ordeal in a post on social media, saying the mid-air incident forced him to head back to his Hawaii home.“I’m here back home in Hawaii, and I was scheduled right now to be in Houston, Texas,” he said in a video on X, revealing that the issue took place just “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 said, adding that the pilot told him that a “hydraulics overheating issue” caused the malfunction.The “Moana” actor praised his pilot’s “demeanor” during the touch-and-go moment.“He explained to me what happened, and he said it was a hydraulics issue with overheating,” Johnson said.“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, especial...