Former heavyweight boxing world champion Tyson Fury has detailed a “terrifying” ordeal with his family when their plane was forced to make an emergency landing.

The 37-year-old was travelling with wife Paris and their children after the couple had pledged their wedding vows to each other for the third time in France.

What should have been a happy time for the ‘Gypsy King’ quickly turned into a nightmare as the pilot informed him they would need to turn around, less than 200kms into their trip.

“So, we’ve travelled a hundred miles on the plane,” Fury said in an Instagram story you can see below.

“The captain has come over to me and said ‘we’ve got to turn this plane around because there’s a problem with one of the wings and it won’t fix on the computers so we’ve to try to get back and turn around’.

“Talk about totally s**t yourself. So we’re now spinning the plane around and going back to the airport where we started.

“Terrifying.”

Fury captioned the video ‘Bad News’.

A second Instagram story then followed, with the family preparing to take off for a second time.

“Right, ready for takeoff?” Fury asked. “Second time around.”


Paris Fury replied: “Here we go. Round two.”

Fury then called out to his children to check if they were ready to go, with the boxing champ in much better spirits as he flexed his arm and declared he was ready.

It comes after the retired heavyweight boxer tied the knot for the third time with his wife of 17 years.

Fury first wed Paris in 2008, with his beloved wife by his side throughout his incredible career.

The Englishman has a career record of 34 wins, two losses and a draw, winning and retaining a number of heavyweight titles during his time in the ring.

He lost his last two fights, however, both to Ukraine’s Oleksandr Usyk in May and then December 2024 and for now appears committed to retirement.

The couple have seven children together; sons Prince John James, 13, Prince Tyson II, nine, Prince Adonis Amaziah, six, and Prince Rico, two, and daughters Venezuela, 15, Valencia, seven, and Athena, four.

All seven kids were by their parents’ side in France as they renewed their vows in an intimate ceremony.

Posting several pictures from the special occasion to his 6.7 million Instagram followers, the Gypsy King wrote: “Paris Fury and I got married again; third time lucky.

“We had the most beautiful day in the South of France, it holds a lot of special memories for us.”

Fury accompanied his post with Bruno Mars’ 2011 hit “Marry You”.

Paris, 35, appeared to wear a bespoke white dress for the occasion while the Gypsy King wore a relaxed cream shirt, white shorts and sandals.

The event took place in a picturesque French church and it appeared to be a family affair, with just the couple’s kids in attendance.

Fury announced his retirement from boxing in January following his second defeat to Usyk

Last month, Fury’s promoter Frank Warren said of his man: “He’s made it clear he wants to fight Usyk.”

But asked about a potential retirement U-turn while out at Doncaster Racecourse earlier this month, Fury said: “Never.

“Too old, look at my beard, all grey. Boxing is a young man’s game.”