Posted on 03/05/2015 3:38:20 PM PST by doug from upland
A small plane piloted by Harrison Ford has crash-landed at an L.A. golf course ... but we're told the actor has survived. TMZ has learned ... Ford was piloting what appears to be a vintage 2-seater fighter plane Thursday ... when something went wrong and he crashed into Penmar golf course in Venice, CA. We're told Ford suffered multiple gashes to his head and was bleeding. Two doctors who happened to be at the golf course rushed over to treat the actor. Emergency personnel arrived to the scene a short time later. Ford was transported to a nearby hospital. 72-year-old Ford is a longtime aviator -- piloting planes and helicopters -- and has crashed multiple times in the past. Story developing ...
Read more: http://www.tmz.com#ixzz3TYdZxufz
If you’ve got to crash a plane, a golf course is as good a place to find a doctor as any.
Hole in One!
He wasn’t flying the Falcon?
“... and has crashed multiple times in the past”.
I’m going to go ahead and stop now.
he’s “crashed multiple times in the past?” I’d say his luck may be running out...
Fore!
My thoughts exactly.
Super cool plane. To bad he had to crash land.
He is a hopeless Leftist, but I like his work.
Wow.
Glad he’s okay. But good grief, you would think while filming SW VII there’d be some clause in these guys’ contracts to not do dangerous stuff like this.
Was 0bama hit?
Please?
He needs a safer hobby like carpentry.....
What’s the rule for playing around downed aircraft?
Yeah I following coverage on KTLA news yeah they confirmed it is Harrison Ford that flew the plane
Didn’t he have an inflatable raft?
If this interrupts Obama’s game, there’s going to be hell to pay!
Fighter Plane LOL! Reporters are so stupid. I am in Oklahoma and can tell from here that the plane in the picture is not a fighter of any type, but is a trainer.
It is possibly a PT-13 or similar 30’s-40’s primary trainer.
Docile, so long as it has even a modicum of airspeed.
Oldplayer
That plane is “fixable”. It’ll fly again.
Here’s hoping Han doesn’t follow Spock....
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