A plane carrying actor Morgan Freeman and his pilot blew a
tire on takeoff from a Mississippi airport and made an emergency landing in
which its landing gear collapsed and the plane ran off the side of a runway,
authorities said. No one was injured.
Freeman
issued a statement saying he was heading to Texas from Mississippi aboard his
plane to shoot a segment for the series, "The Story of God."
"Sometimes things don't go as planned and a tire
blew on takeoff, which caused other problems," Freeman said in the
statement sent by his publicist. "But thanks to my excellent pilot Jimmy
Hobson we landed safely without a scratch."
"I cannot say the same about my plane,"
Freeman added in the statement, which didn't elaborate on the condition of the
aircraft afterward. "I appreciate the concern and prayers for our
safety."
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