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Miley Cyrus Explained What It Was Like When Her Plane Was Struck By Lightning In South America
"I was in my mom's lap because I was pretty sure it didn't matter about the seatbelts at this point."

Miley Cyrus Explained What It Was Like When Her Plane Was Struck By Lightning In South America

Miley Cyrus sounds really lucky to be alive after the time her plane was struck by lightning.

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Then, once the group took off, the weather changed suddenly and the plane got struck by lightning while caught in the storm.

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Miley says the whole thing was “really scary” and she was crying “in [her] mom’s lap” because she was pretty sure “it didn’t matter about the seatbelts at this point.”

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Thankfully, the plane was able to safely make an emergency landing but that didn’t mean the whole thing wasn’t traumatizing — and it didn’t stop the show from being flooded and canceled.

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With a canceled show and nowhere to go, Miley says Brazil was “awesome” and allowed her to enter the country a few days early before her Lollapalooza performance.

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“We were able to take a few days to recuperate ’cause all of us were a little traumatized,” Miley concluded.

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