A private plane carrying Aquaman star Jason Momoa was forced to make an emergency landing in California, Us Weekly reports.
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The 39-year-old revealed the scary news via his Instagram Story where he shared a video detailing the incident.
“We got ourselves a slight delay,” he said in the video. “Half-hour out of Palm Springs, and the plane wanted to start a fire. So, yeah, good old fire department, gotta love ‘em. Looks like we’re driving.”
He uploaded the post from the tarmac where he was grounded outside Palm Springs International Airport.
Members of the Palm Springs Fire Department arrived at the scene to assist the actor and his comrades.
A post on the department’s Instagram page revealed that the fire scare “turned out to be a false alarm but the ARFF [Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting] Lads were on the ready.”
Alongside a photo of Momoa giving a thumbs-up while standing next to a firefighter, the Instagram caption continued, “ARFF Engineer Andy Meza told his crew, ‘Not on my watch boys…not on my watch.’ … It’s always nice to meet cool people. #aquaman #palmsprings #firefighters #bestjobintheworld.”
Naturally, the Game of Thrones star opted for a different plane for the rest of the journey.
“All right, round two,” he said during the next Insta Story. “Got the pack. Friends came to pick me up.”
City spokeswoman Amy Blaisdell told USA Today that Momoa had been traveling from Los Angeles to Phoenix when the emergency landing occurred.
There were seven people aboard the Cessna Citation 560 XL plane.
