Plane Carrying Miranda Lambert Makes Emergency Landing

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Miranda Lambert really going to need a break after a hectic week as it became a little scary on Tuesday and Blake Shelton is willing to provide her with one.

Lambert was already up to his neck in the busiest week of the year, when the private jet carrying the star of country music and his team from New York to Nashville was forced to make an emergency landing in Clarksburg, West Virginia.

Lambert took to Instagram told his followers what had happened, writing, “Our plane had an emergency landing in Clarksburg WV. But do not worry, we found fire suits platinum. Yeah! # Platinum "




The aircraft lost pressure and spent about three hours on the ground before resuming their journey south , said Wes Vause , Lambert 's publicist .

Killing time, Lambert and friends gathered with firefighters as they tried in their duly brilliant special costumes - Lambert’s new album is called "Platinum" - and posting photos of Instagram. They also listened to a lot of country music.

"Overall it was a pretty good day," Vause said with a laugh.


The newspaper The Tennessean, citing FlightAware.com reports the plane landed at the airport in Smyrna Tennessee at 7 pm Central Time.

Lambert only gets busier now that he's back in Nashville. She is in the midst of launching their fifth album and began the week with a series of appearances in New York. She will perform at the CMT Music Awards on Wednesday with Carrie Underwood, teaming with Shelton on Friday at the CMA Music Festival Saturday and then travel to Dallas to help with their latest George Strait concert.

Shelton, speaking to reporters at a news conference Tuesday afternoon to promote his outward appearance CMT - Stage and upcoming summer tour, said he has already planned a break when it finally arrives Lambert to return to Oklahoma next week. "The Voice" star said the couple owns a boat on Lake Texoma and spent a good part of Sunday making sure it works before coming to Nashville.

"I’m not a mechanic, but I managed to get this thing running again because I know when she's going to want to do something," Shelton said. “She will want to go float around and drink or be pulled in a tube or something. So I thought I would catch a few points here and get the boat running. I'm really proud of myself. "