Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson says he missed UFL season opener due to plane emergency

Dwyane “The Rock” Johnson says he is feeling grateful after an airplane he was traveling in recently was forced to make an emergency landing.

Dwyane “The Rock” Johnson says he is feeling grateful after an airplane he was traveling in recently was forced to make an emergency landing. Johnson recalled the ordeal in a video posted to his X page, saying that while on his way to the United Football League season opener in Houston, he was informed by the pilot about that they had to return to Hawaii, from where they had just departed 35-40 minutes prior. “The pilot comes back to me, he gets down on one knee and he faces me face-to-face – and it’s just me on the plane, just me and the crew – and he says, ‘Mr. Johnson, I’m sorry to inform you, but we cannot continue to fly over the ocean. We have a problem,’” Johnson recalled. According to the “Jumanji” star, the pilot had given the actor his word that he would get him “back safely on the island” and explained that it was a “hydraulics issue” that caused the plane’s malfunction. At one point, Johnson caught himself thinking, “Is this it? Is this how I check out?” The incident sparked a moment of clarity for Johnson, he said, which came to him while he was sipping on a drink as the plane made its way back to land.