R&B star Kelly Rowland was among a group of passengers who had to be rescued from a private boat after the vessel got lost at sea off Cape Cod, in Massachusetts.
SkyNews reported that Rowland was on board a rented boat that was following a commercial whale-watching vessel when the captain lost sight of the boat in front and became disorientated.
The coast guard was alerted and a commercial towboat operator sent to escort the private vessel back to shore.
Rowland and fellow passengers were taken to Provincetown, at the tip of Cape Cod.
TowBoat US Provincetown said on its Facebook page that the boat was 53km north of Provincetown when the skipper lost his bearings.
It said the passengers "were great. Just a little shook up".
Rowland was a founding member of Destiny's Child before she launched a solo career and appeared as a judge on The X Factor in 2011.
According to Sky News, the seas off Boston and around the Cape Cod peninsula are popular whale-watching spots.
Charter and tour boat companies transport large numbers of tourists and locals out onto the waters each season, from May to October.
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