Donnie Wahlberg safe after private jet runs off Las Vegas runway

Donnie Wahlberg has told fans he is unhurt after the private jet carrying him ran off the runway in Las Vegas on Sunday, Oct. 18.

The New Kids on the Block member posted a video on Instagram on the night of the incident to check in directly. He filmed himself standing on the ground outside Harry Reid International Airport while officials worked in the background, and said everyone on board was OK Billboard.

Wahlberg said the aircraft was taking off and never left the ground. It ran out of runway instead. He described intense moments that felt like long minutes.

In the clip, he panned to trucks and a dumpster beside the airfield that he said the plane had missed while veering off. He said the pilots saved their lives. He added that God had covered them.

He confirmed his team and friends were on board with him. The aircraft took some damage. No one on board was hurt, he said.

He thanked the pilots for avoiding a serious disaster and thanked emergency personnel on the ground in Las Vegas.

Harry Reid International Airport said a general aviation aircraft skidded off one of its runways and made contact with the perimeter fence. The pilot had aborted take-off while preparing to fly to Toronto, according to Billboard. The reason for the aborted take-off was still under investigation. The aircraft involved was a private jet, according to PEOPLE.

The incident came one night after Wahlberg and his New Kids on the Block bandmates wrapped their Las Vegas residency at Dolby Live at Park MGM on Saturday, Oct. 17. The group released the album Still Kids in 2024, which reached No. 56 on the Billboard 200, the weekly ranking of the most popular albums in the United States.

Wahlberg, 57, is a singer and actor known as a member of the group and for starring in Blue Bloods.