Singer Miley Cyrus poses on the LACMA Artwork+Movie Gala in Los Angeles, California, U.S. November 6, 2021. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni
ASUNCION, March 23 (Reuters) – U.S. pop star Miley Cyrus mentioned on Wednesday that her airplane had been struck by lightning en path to a live performance close to Paraguay’s capital Asuncion, forcing the plane to make an emergency touchdown.
“To my followers and everybody anxious after listening to about my flight to Asuncion. Our airplane was caught in a significant surprising storm and struck by lighting,” she wrote on Twitter. Her submit included a video out of a airplane window displaying flashing lightning exterior.
“My crew, band, family and friends who have been all touring with me are protected after an emergency touchdown,” Cyrus mentioned.
Cyrus, who has 46.5 million Twitter followers and has hits like “Wrecking Ball,” was scheduled to reach on Tuesday night time at Silvio Pettirossi airport on the outskirts of Asuncion to carry out with different artists on the Asuncionico music competition.
Felix Kanasawa, head of the Nationwide Directorate of Civil Aviation of Paraguay, informed native media that as a consequence of extreme climate the airplane had landed at Guarani airport, close to the city of Ciudad del Este, on the border with Brazil.
Cyrus flew on to the Brazilian metropolis of Sao Paulo a number of hours later, Kanasawa mentioned.
Occasion organizers suspended the competition because of the climate alert after the storm unleashed heavy downpours, leaving automobiles submerged and inflicting energy outages within the capital and areas across the metropolitan space, authorities mentioned.
Reporting by Daniela Desantis; Writing by Steven Grattan; Enhancing by Jonathan Oatis
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