Harrison Ford might have an aviation refresher course. After making headlines for one more airplane incident, the actor launched an announcement in an try to elucidate himself.
“Actor and pilot Harrison Ford was concerned in a runway incursion April 24 on the Hawthorne Airport,” the 77-year-old’s rep informed Us Weekly on Wednesday, April 29. “Mr. Ford crossed the airport’s solely runway in his plane after he misheard a radio instruction from ATC. He instantly acknowledged the error and apologized to ATC for the error. The aim of the flight was to take care of forex and proficiency within the plane.”
The assertion continued, “Nobody was injured and there was by no means any hazard of a collision.”
Ford was piloting his non-public airplane on the Los Angeles County municipal airport when he crossed a runway as one other plane was touchdown. The planes have been solely 3,600 ft aside, which led the Federal Aviation Administration to look into what occurred.
“The FAA is investigating an incident through which the pilot of an Aviat Husky taxied throughout the runway at Hawthorne Municipal Airport Friday afternoon whereas one other plane was performing a touch-and-go touchdown,” a spokesperson for the company stated in an announcement to CNN on Wednesday.
This isn't the primary time that the Oscar nominee has had a piloting scare. In October 1999, his helicopter made a tough touchdown close to a riverbed in Santa Clarita, California, and flipped onto its aspect after skidding on gravel. He was not injured, though the copter was badly broken.
In March 2015, Ford was taken to the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Middle in L.A. after his airplane was compelled to make an emergency touchdown on a close-by golf course. His accidents included a damaged pelvis and ankle.
Extra lately, the Star Wars veteran’s airplane practically collided with an American Airways jetliner at John Wayne Airport in Orange County, California, in February 2017. The AA flight had 110 passengers and 6 crew members on board, however nobody was injured. After an investigation, the FAA determined to not self-discipline Ford.
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