Miley Cyrus’ plane hit by lightning, forced to make emergency landing

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Miley Cyrus‘ private plane was struck by lightning in South America yesterday (March 23) and forced to make an emergency landing.The singer is currently in the middle of a tour of the continent, and played a show in Colombian capital Bogota on Monday night (March 21).When travelling to tonight’s (March 23) show in Paraguay as part of the Asuncionico Festival, her plane, which was carrying her band, crew, friends and family, hit bad weather and made an emergency landing after being hit by lightning.In a post to Instagram, Cyrus shared photos and videos of the aftermath, and revealed that nobody was hurt in the incident.

The planned show in Paraguay has been cancelled but she is still due to play Lollapalooza Brasil on Saturday (March 26).“To my fans and everyone worried after hearing about my flight to Asunción.

Our plane was caught in a major unexpected storm and struck by lighting,” Cyrus wrote.“My crew, band, friends and family who were all traveling with me are safe after an emergency landing.

We were unfortunately unable to fly into Paraguay. I LOVE YOU.”A post shared by Miley Cyrus (@mileycyrus)Elsewhere, Cyrus recently lent her voice to a cover of Metallica‘s ‘Nothing Else Matters’ for ‘The Metallica Blacklist’ – a tribute album to the band’s ‘The Black Album’.