John Travolta Reveals the Near-Death Experience That Inspired His Movie
justjared.comJohn Travolta is sharing a scary story. The 69-year-old actor opened up about a near-death experience at a special screening of his new Disney+ film, The Shepherd, in London, England. “I knew what it felt like to absolutely think you’re going to die,” he recalled, via Variety.
Back in 1992, when he was 38, John Travolta was flying a corporate jet with his family on board when he experienced “a total electrical failure” during the flight from Fort Lauderdale, Florida to Rockland, Maine on Thanksgiving Day. “I had two good jet engines, but I had no instruments, no electric, nothing.
And I thought it was over,” he said, until a “miracle” occurred. “And then as if by a miracle, we descended as per the rules to lower altitude.
I saw the Washington D.C. monument and identified that Washington National Airport was next to it and I made a landing just like [Freddie] does in the film,” he said.
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