Donnie Wahlberg Jet Scare: 'Aborting' Call Heard in Air Traffic Control Audio

Donnie Wahlberg's frightening runway incident is now accompanied by air traffic control audio obtained by TMZ. According to the outlet, the recording captures an urgent call as the private jet carrying the Blue Bloods actor and his team failed to take off in Las Vegas on Sunday morning. A voice that TMZ says is believed to belong to Wahlberg's pilot can be heard saying, "Aborting, aborting." The report does not definitively identify the speaker. The call comes during the emergency at Harry Reid International Airport, where the aircraft reportedly slid off the runway and hit a perimeter fence. TMZ describes controllers dispatching emergency vehicles, advising another aircraft to expect delays and repeatedly asking whether anyone aboard had been injured. Those exchanges form the focus of the newly published audio, documenting the response as the aborted departure became a runway emergency. Wahlberg later addressed fans in an emotional Instagram video, according to the report. He said the plane ran out of runway during takeoff and credited the pilots with saving everyone on board. His account emphasized their actions during the moments before the aircraft finally stopped. According to TMZ's summary of that video, Wahlberg said the jet narrowly avoided several fences, construction trucks, dumpsters and heavy equipment before striking a fence. The outlet's account places him and his team aboard the aircraft when it failed to become airborne; it does not provide a technical explanation for why the takeoff went wrong. The audio adds the urgent cockpit call and the controllers' response to the account Wahlberg had already shared publicly. His own message centered on gratitude to the pilots, while the recording captures emergency personnel being sent out and repeated efforts to establish whether anyone had been hurt.