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Old February 22nd 17, 07:21 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Don Poitras
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Default VIDEO: Harrison Ford Mistakenly Lands Husky On KSNA Taxiway

What "extreme northern taxiway" are you talking about? Lima is at the
end of the runway and if a plane is behind the hold short lines, then
no landing plane is going to go over it. If I had as many aircraft as
Ford, I'd probably confuse them all the time too. And he didn't switch
from SMO to LAX on the handoff? Quelle Horreur!


Larry Dighera wrote:
If the report below is to be believed, it would appear that Ford was a bit
confused and making multiple mistakes during his flight.


The bit about the airliner being in danger flies in the face of normal
procedures at KSNA. Airliners often hold short of 20L on the extreme northern
taxiway while landing traffic descends over them to the threshold. Personally,
I find that procedure a bit ironic given the minimum runway incursion distance
is something like 150' or 300'.


http://people.com/movies/harrison-fo...rsial-landing/
"Harrison Ford is heard making mistakes during radio communication with air
traffic control in the minutes leading up to his close call at a California
airport earlier this week, when he nearly crashed into a passenger plane after
erroneously landing in a taxiway instead of the runway he was cleared to use.


In newly released audio obtained by TMZ, the Star Wars legend is told his tail
number, ?Husky Niner Hotel Uniform,? and a personal code of 0214. However, Ford
responds by stumbling over his words, telling the control tower that he was
flying a helicopter rather than his single-engine plane.


The 74-year-old actor is also told his radio transmission was made to the wrong
tower ? rather than switching to the Los Angeles tower, he?s still
communicating with the Santa Monica Airport from which he departed.


Just 18 minutes after the transmission, the licensed pilot of many years
accidentally maneuvered toward a taxiway rather than the runway he was cleared
to land on. His plane flew over an American Airlines departing flight with 110
passengers on board and a six-person crew. The Dallas-bound 737 aircraft was
reportedly able to safely take off minutes after the incident."


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