FILE -In this May 9, 2011 file photo, magician David Copperfield attends the 46th Annual 2011 National Magazine Awards in New York. Early Monday morning, March 4, 2013, the private plane carrying Copperfield made an unscheduled stop at Peoria International Airport in Illinois after it made a "frightening" sound en route from Las Vegas to New York where Copperfield was to appear on NBC's Today Show. Copperfield filmed the interview remotely from Byerly Aviation in Peoria. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes, File)
FILE -In this May 9, 2011 file photo, magician David Copperfield attends the 46th Annual 2011 National Magazine Awards in New York. Early Monday morning, March 4, 2013, the private plane carrying Copperfield made an unscheduled stop at Peoria International Airport in Illinois after it made a "frightening" sound en route from Las Vegas to New York where Copperfield was to appear on NBC's Today Show. Copperfield filmed the interview remotely from Byerly Aviation in Peoria. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes, File)
PEORIA, Ill. (AP) ? A private plane carrying magician David Copperfield made an unscheduled stop in Illinois after it made a "frightening" sound en route from Las Vegas to New York.
Peoria International Airport officials say Copperfield's plane landed there after it began experiencing problems around 1:45 a.m. Monday.
The (Peoria) Journal Star reports (http://tinyurl.com/crvxjjr ) that Copperfield was supposed to appear live on NBC's Today Show on Monday, but ended up filming the interview remotely from Byerly Aviation in Peoria, 160 miles southwest of Chicago.
The famed illusionist told the Today Show that the plane made crackling noises at 37,000 feet that he recorded on his cellphone. He says he "kind of freaked out." He also Tweeted that the incident was "so scary."
Copperfield took a commercial flight back to Las Vegas this morning.
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