The pop star’s plane was forced to make an emergency landing after getting struck by lightning.
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Miley Cyrus’ plane was recently forced to make an emergency landing after getting struck by lightning Tuesday night. She was traveling to Paraguay to headline day 2 of the Asunciónico festival.
She was flying with her entourage and sister Brandi Cyrus from Bogota, Columbia. Her plans were canceled after the plane was rerouted to safety and was forced to cancel her performance due to severe weather conditions.
Miley wrote on Twitter: “To my fans and everyone worried after hearing about my flight to Asuncion. Our plane was caught in a major unexpected storm and struck by lightning. My crew, band, friends, and family who were all traveling with me are safe after an emergency landing.”
Her post showed a video out of a plane window showing flashing lightning outside. Weather conditions were so bad in Paraguay that the first day of the festival was canceled.
That means that other artists including Foo Fighters, Machine Gun Kelly, and Doja Cat were unable to perform on stage. All of the artists had performed at Lollapalooza Argentina just a few days before from March 18-20. On March 26, Miley is scheduled to headline Lollapalooza Brazil, and the Foo Fighters take the stage the next day.
Brandi has spoken about how the group “almost died”. Addressing her one million Instagram followers, Brandi said: “I’m going to try not to be dramatic but we almost died.”
She went on to drink a glass of champagne while close friend Val Pina shouted “bottoms up” before Brandi emphasized again that they “literally almost died”.
She went on: “We just landed in I don’t even know where, 200 miles away from where we’re supposed to land and because lightning struck the plane so bottoms up!”
On Wednesday morning, Asuncionico announced that it was canceling the entire festival out of safety precautions after the thunderstorms and heavy rain. The organization said the music festival would return in 2023.
Miley who has 46.5 million Twitter followers and has hits like “Wrecking Ball,” was scheduled to arrive on March 22 Tuesday night at Silvio Pettirossi airport on the outskirts of Asuncion to perform with other artists at the Asuncionico music festival.
Felix Kanazawa, head of the National Directorate of Civil Aviation of Paraguay, told local media that due to severe weather the plane had landed at Guarani airport, near the town of Ciudad del Este, on the border with Brazil. Kanazawa said that Miley flew on to the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo several hours later.
Authorities said event organizers suspended the festival due to the weather alert after the storm unleashed heavy downpours, leaving cars submerged and causing power outages in the capital and areas around the metropolitan area.