Friday 6 March 2015 11.01 AEDT Harrison Ford has been injured after crashing a small plane near the Santa Monica municipal airport in California.Authorities said the single-engine plane went down about 2:30pm on Thursday on the green at Penmar golf course in the Venice area of Los Angeles.
“We can confirm that there was a plane crash and the male occupant was a 65-70-years-old man. He was transported to a local hospital in stable condition,” said Officer Nuria Vanegas, a Los Angeles Police Department spokeswoman, said.
“The incident was reported at 2:25pm, it was mechanical failure of plane, that’s what caused the accident,” Vanegas said.
theguardian.com/film/2015/mar/06/harrison-ford-plane-crash-leaves-actor-seriously-injured
Cue jokes about being brave to fly in that thing.
Also, now that Nimoy is gone is Ford the biggest “genre” icon left? Other than Julian Glover, obviously.
