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Actor Harrison Ford lands plane on Taxiway at John Wayne (KSNA)
Actor Harrison Ford lands in error on a taxiway instead of runway 20L he had been cleared for. (www.nbcnews.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
I hope he files a NASA ASRS report to cover himself from prosecution. Based on his incident history I'm guessing he's familiar with the program.
How many does he have? Why not list them on here then,
No one knows how many he has, but there are several articles that came out today talking about all the previous incidents he's been involved with.
Too many. Thats how many he has
You are confusing incidents with errors.
The Santa Monica incident was in fact a great display of disciplined , professional airmanship after a mechanical failure due to causes beyond his control. Many others in a similar position have destroyed their airplanes, passengers, citizens and property doing the instinctive things rather than the right thing.
The Santa Monica incident was in fact a great display of disciplined , professional airmanship after a mechanical failure due to causes beyond his control. Many others in a similar position have destroyed their airplanes, passengers, citizens and property doing the instinctive things rather than the right thing.
So fault doesn't play into your decision at all? Seems fair.
The man flew over a Boeing 737 to land a Husky on a taxiway in broad daylight... Sure, we can wait for the investigation report to come in, but I have a hard time envisioning how this is not squarely his fault.
A taxiway that used to be a runway, if I'm not mistaken. Here's a view from short final to what is now Taxiway C: https://www.google.com/maps/place/John+Wayne+Airport/@33.6837663,-117.8609753,52a,20y,207.56h,82.17t/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x80dcdeedcbab40ef:0xc941e8f5c31119e2!8m2!3d33.6761901!4d-117.8674759
I'm not defending his landing on a taxiway by any means, just supplying facts. If he hadn't landed at SNA for quite some time, one could understand his possible confusion, but that doesn't excuse him. It's his responsibility as PIC to make sure he has all the information available for his destination airport. Harrison screwed up, as all pilots do from-time-to-time, but this mistake was a dangerous one.
Using Google Earths way to display older pictures going all the way back to 1994, there was still no runwaymarkings on that taxiway, must have been a very long time since his last visit?
Thanks for the correction. Even if he thought he was landing on the runway or if he was disoriented when he made his turn to final, the big yellow stripe down the middle and the yellow stripes on the side should have been shouting at him that he wasn't where he was supposed to be.
I AGREE GOOD JOB..TOO MANY NEGATIVES,,GOTO KEEP THE SPIRITS UP..HAPPY LANDINGS
Nice photo, but it's missing one important feature in regards to this thread - a 737 sitting on it. Regardless of whether it's a runway or a taxiway, if an airplane is on it you don't directly overfly that aircraft in order to land on the same piece of concrete.