Cardi B's Private Jet Makes Emergency Landing In Chicago

By Peyton Blakemore

November 26, 2018

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Cardi B may have said she likes "boardin' jets," but really, she's more about that commercial flight life. 

After the "Money" rapper's private jet was forced to make an emergency landing on Sunday (November 25), Cardi took to Instagram Story to let her fans know she really is just a "regular degular smegular" girl from the Bronx, who prefers to fly commercial rather than private. "I'm stuck in Chicago. We had to do an emergency landing in Chicago," she said in her IG video that showed her sitting in an airport. "Let me tell you something: I'm not taking no f**king jets! I don't give a f**k bro. These type of sh*ts don't happen on f**king Delta." She then shared a video of her boarding a van. 

Despite initial reports that claimed Cardi's flight was grounded because of the massive snowstorm in the Midwest, which caused over 800 flights to be canceled over the weekend, TMZ reports Cardi's jet made an emergency landing due to someone on board needing medical attention.  The "Bodak Yellow" rapper was reportedly traveling from New York City to Los Angeles when someone, not a part of her team, got sick. The jet reportedly landed in Chicago, which was in the middle of quite the snowstorm, to attend to the sick passenger. 

UPDATE (5:46 p.m. ET):

The sick passenger was the jet's pilot. According to TMZ, "Cardi's pilot suffered some serious stomach issues during the flight, causing the emergency landing."

On Monday (November 26), Cardi returned to Instagram to announce that she was on the way to her scheduled work commitment in NYC, revealing she's taken planes, trains, and automobiles to make it happen. "I went from a jet to a commercial flight, now to a helicopter," she said while filming her taking off in a helicopter from an unknown location. "You cannot say a b*tch don't take her job seriously."

Photo: Getty Images

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