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[StoOgE]

Didn't he crash one recently?

 

[FyreWulff]

what's wrong with flying over it?

Planes are supposed to have massive vertical separation. Something like 1,000 feet.

Didn't he crash one recently?

that one was a mechanical failure

 

[Mr.Shrugglesツ]

What was he asked about?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kS5XRsHh6vU


Overheard by the commercial co-pilot: Get off my plane!

 

[TheCochese]

I mean, I know this gif is popular, but it doesn't really make any sense here.

*blinks excruciatingly hard*

 

[xxracerxx]

Didn't he crash one recently?

A small plane, not a 737.

 

[Captain Chaos]

I'm reminded of the sad time my Grandad announced he was to cease driving his car due to his age.

 

[Screaming Meat]

I was waiting for that. Good show.

 

[StoOgE]

For reference, this is what the airport approach looks like:

Ford was cleared to land on runway 20L (19L in this old picture).

I'm guessing the re-surfaced 20R through him off as the shorter private runway is not super distinctive from the taxiways.

That said, I'm not really sure how you could mistake ANY of those taxiways as a runway. He's lucky there was only a single plane taxing that he came over the top of. Then again, if there was a line of planes waiting for take-off he probably wouldn't have attempted to land on the taxiway.

I'm gonna guess, he landed on the one left of 20L?

 

[Mutanthands]

For reference, this is what the airport approach looks like:

Ford was cleared to land on runway 20L (19L in this old picture).

Kinda easy to mistake the taxiway for the runway there.

I know he loves flying, but he needs to give it up, before he gets himself or someone else killed. I'm surprised the studios haven't had a raging fit about it.

 

[Sectorseven]

Lets see you land a plane with Kate Capshaw shrieking in your ear.

 

[Nevasleep]

This isn't the first time this has happened, hell sometimes planes even land at the wrong airport.
Although if he could see the other plane, why didn't he go-around.

 

[Waddle Dee]

I would have loved to have seen the look on Ford's face when he asked this.

He was probably sporting the same constipated face he's worn in all his recent movie roles.

Love Harrison's early roles but it's time to hang up the towel...

 

[Bobby Roberts]

It's time to stop

 

[HStallion]

Han crashed first.

 

[FrankCanada97]

This isn't the first time this has happened, hell sometimes planes even land at the wrong airport.

There was even a case where an airliner landed on a taxiway.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental_Airlines_Flight_1883

 

[Kyuur]

Was anyone really in danger other than Ford himself? I can't imagine a plane of that size putting even a scratch on an airliner.

 

[IdreamofHIME]

Ford's accident report:
"Found Snake in cockpit, freaked out for a moment. Luckily my Jedi buddy Sam L was a passenger"

 

[Mr.Shrugglesツ]

Was anyone really in danger other than Ford himself? I can't imagine a plane of his size putting even a scratch on an airliner.

Almost all planes are basically just flying reynolds wrap with turbines.

 

[MattKeil]

Didn't he crash one recently?

Yeah but that was determined to be mechanical failure and the investigation indicated he did everything right to minimize damage and risk. It won't be factored in to the investigation of this incident.

 

[Whompa02]

Might be time to put the keys on the hanger...

 

[FrankCanada97]

Was anyone really in danger other than Ford himself? I can't imagine a plane of that size putting even a scratch on an airliner.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PSA_Flight_182

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1986_Cerritos_mid-air_collision

 

[Kyuur]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PSA_Flight_182

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1986_Cerritos_mid-air_collision

These are mid-air collisions though, no? My interpretation here was that the airliner was essentially parked or maybe rolling along.

Almost all planes are basically just flying reynolds wrap with turbines.

Lmao, really? I guess appearances can be deceiving. I suppose with the intense focus on simply not having aircraft collide with each other and the need for them to well, fly, mitigation of collision damage is not a huge priority.

 

[HamPster PamPster]

All these references and none to Air Force One?

Such a great (and apparently underrated!) movie

 

[FrankCanada97]

All these references and none to Air Force One?

Such a great (and apparently underrated!) movie

Too bad Trump soured me on that movie.

 

[StopMakingSense]

These are mid-air collisions though, no? My interpretation here was that the airliner was essentially parked or maybe rolling along.

His plane would probably tear right through the fuselage.

 

[Gutek]

Why not? We need less regulation anyway.

 

[DarkJediKnight]

Hate to say it, but at his age and track record with accidents, they should take away his license.

Never tell him the odds!!!!

 

[Dalek]

 

[jett]

How is this dude still flying planes.

 

[robotrock]

I refuse to believe this actually happened

 

[Spyder_Monkey]

Is Harrison Ford secretly Joseph Joestar or something?

 

[AniHawk]

I refuse to believe this actually happened

well if clickhole is reporting it, then it's probably true.

 

[TheCochese]

All these references and none to Air Force One?

Such a great (and apparently underrated!) movie

Get off my taxi lane!!!

FAA: Get off your plane.

Bruh.

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

I refuse to believe this actually happened

:/

 

[metalslimer]

I refuse to believe this actually happened

Lol

 

[triplestation]

i imagined him flying over a 737 while both planes were mid air, like cloud tier

its crazy enough he still flies

 

[Xe4]

I refuse to believe this actually happened

lol, it didn't. It's the Onion.

 

[Fancyarcher]

If there were any sane people in this world, he'd have his license revoked because of this, ha!

 

[adamsappel]

weareallgoingtodie.gif

 

[Rentahamster]

Harrison Ford accidentally the whole airplane?

 

[Unknown Soldier]

Did he make it in 12 parsecs?

 

[Aselith]

All these references and none to Air Force One?

Such a great (and apparently underrated!) movie

Yes, there were several

 

[Duplolas]

Taking away his license is stupid. How many of you people actually click and read the whole article?

Ford is revered as an excellent pilot in aviation circles. He has been inducted by the Kiddie Hawk Air Academy as a Living Legend of Aviation.

A witness to Ford's 2015 Santa Monica crash told NBC News that Ford "saved several lives" by rerouting his crash landing to the Penmar Golf Course to avoid a tract of suburban homes.

C'mon people...

 

[Dalek]

I refuse to believe this actually happened

 

[Aces&Eights]

He's a pro aviator so there was no clear and present danger to anyone.

 

[Fried Food]

Taking away his license is stupid. How many of you people actually click and read the whole article?

That's not how this works. Skills can deteriorate over time with mental degradation. You don't have a right to fly.

 

[PAULINK]

I refuse to believe this actually happened

your refusal will be your undoing

 

[MCN]

He came in that thing? He's braver than I thought.

 

[Corronchilejano]

That's not how this works. Skills can deteriorate over time with mental degradation. You don't have a right to fly.

Thats not how the FAA works!