The 54-year-old actor was on a United flight from San Francisco to Los Angeles when the plane made an emergency landing due to a “mechanical indication.”
After landing in Bakersfield, Reeves stepped up to help with the travel arrangements to get everyone to Los Angeles in the most efficient way possible.
He said that it was quicker to drive than to wait for three hours for baggage to get loaded on a plane before flying again.
A-One Taxi sent 10 vans to take all the passengers to Los Angeles, so only a handful of passengers were able to share a ride with Reeves.
Although the ride was supposed to be quicker, the traffic caused serious delays, according to Kern County Airports Director Mark Witsoe.
“So even after they landed they had issues,” Witsoe said, Bakersfield.com reported.
During the ride, Reeves went on his phone and read through some random facts about Bakersfield to everyone.
“Its population is around 380,000,” he said. “making it the ninth most populous city in California and the 52nd most populous city in the nation.”
Reeves then proceeded to play the sounds of Bakersfield on his phone, a localized genre of country music between the 50s and 70s.
Fellow passengers had taken photos and videos of this rare ride-along.
Amir Blum, a co-creator and developer for a video game company, believed he had something in common with Reeves.
Blum then admits Reeves may be having it worse than he is.
“I mean, near death experience followed by fans annoying you for pictures. Doesn’t get much worse,” he said.
According to Witsoe, the United jet that carried Reeves and the other 53 crew and passengers is still parked at Meadows Field undergoing repairs that haven’t been specified, Bakersfield.com reported.
