A BACHELORETTE alum has revealed how he narrowly survived after the plane he was on got struck by lightning mid-flight.
Blake Hostmann has revealed how the plane he was on was forced to emergency land.
Bachelorette alum Blake Horstmann has revealed how he narrowly survived after his plane was struck by lightning mid-flight[/caption]
He detailed the scary incident on his social media page[/caption]
He explained what happened in more detail after people asked him questions about it[/caption]
Blake is known for his appearances on Bachelor Nation programs[/caption]
He is engaged to be married to Giannina Milady Gibelli[/caption]
The 36-year-old Colorado-born reality star took to Instagram to reveal his horror flight this week.
Blake, who shot to fame on the 14th season of The Bachelorette, has detailed the “most insane” thing that happened to him while mid-flight.
“The most insane thing happened, 10 min after takeoff today we got…
“STRUCK BY LIGHTNING,” he penned on his Instagram stories.
He added: “It broke the cockpit window and we had to turn around and emergency land.
“Pilot said 1/1000000 chance.
“Thank God it didn’t hit an engine.
“Somebody watching over us,” he concluded.
On the next slide, Blake shared a snap of the cockpit and the shattered windows.
“Shout out to the pilots and whoever made these windows,” he said, complete with a red heart and clapping hands emoji.
The following day, Blake took to his Instagram stories again to go into further detail on what happened.
“We didn’t hear thunder, but we heard a big bang.
“It was not a normal noise you hear on a plane and all of us passengers kind of looked at eachother,” he explained.
Blake continued: “G as well as the person in front of us said she saw a big flash.
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“Not long after the pilot got on the intercom and was very calm and told us what happened.
“Yes, the glass is tempered like that and meant to take strikes and hits like that.
“All in all it was scary, but it was handled really well and we know the odds were soooo small that it was just a wild chance,” he added.
He then detailed how they were attempting to fly out to California again before sharing a snap and revealing they had “made it”.
Blake is engaged to Love Is Blind beauty Giannina Gibelli.
The couple, who got engaged last year, share a son named Heath Orion Horstmann, who was born in March 2024.
Giannina shot to fame on Love Is Blind[/caption]
