Hollywood star Harrison Ford has found himself in hot water this week as the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has launched an investigation into him for making an error while operating a plane in California.
A representative for the Star Wars actor, who loves to fly, told Fox News that Ford was involved in a “runway incursion” at the Hawthorne Airport in Southern California on April 24.
“Mr. Ford crossed the airport’s only runway in his aircraft after he misheard a radio instruction from ATC. He immediately acknowledged the mistake and apologized to ATC for the error,” Ford’s rep said. “The purpose of the flight was to maintain currency and proficiency in the aircraft.”
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The rep added that nobody was injured and there was “never any danger of a collision.”
TMZ has obtained airport audio showing that Ford, 77, did not follow the tower operator’s orders to “hold short” on the runway due to “traffic” as he operated the airplane on the runway. The operator can be heard scolding Ford for not following instructions in the audio recording.
“Get across that runway now! I told you to hold short! You need to listen up,” the operator exclaims, to which Ford responds, “Excuse me, sir, I thought exactly the opposite. I’m terribly sorry.”
Reports state that another plane was just 3,600 feet from Ford’s aircraft at the time.
This isn’t the first time that Ford has run into problems while acting as a pilot. Back in 2015, he crashed his vintage World War II plane into a golf course in Los Angeles, California.
“We saw the plane coming down,” a maintenance worker who witnessed the crash said at the time. “The course was packed with golfers. You could tell the pilot saw them and maneuvered to avoid them.”
Despite being 72 years-old at the time, Ford was able to walk away with minor injuries.
“There was blood all over his face,’’ another golf course employee told NBC News. “Two very fine doctors were treating him, taking good care of him. I helped put a blanket under his hip.’’
This did not stop Ford from continuing to fly, as he was back in the cockpit just three months after the incident.
This piece originally appeared in UpliftingToday.com and is used by permission.
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