Dwayne Johnson had an issue aboard his private jet this weekend, which was forced to turn back and head home after suffering a serious mechanical issue.
The 52-year-old Hollywood megastar's $65 million Gulfstream G650 ran into problems as he attempted to fly from his Hawaiian home to Houston, Texas, for the opening of the United Football League's second season.
The flight between Hawaii and Houston is at least nine hours or 4,000 nautical miles. However, the Gulfstream has a range of 7,500 nautical miles.
Johnson credited the pilot for his 'demeanor in that moment' and his safety first approach that came early in the flight.
'He explained to me what happened, and he said it was a hydraulics issue with overheating. 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, 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.'
Johnson got real about how most people feel when they hit turbulence on an airplane as he asked 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?"
The Rock explained that he told the flight attendant that she could get him a drink and make it a double.
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