Harrison Ford crashed a 2-seater plane into a golf course today. He's got some cuts on his head but apparently he's not otherwise hurt much, and his passenger even less so.

All the news reports describe the plane as a "WWII era trainer". Is it a T6 Texan?

UPDATE: Here's an excellent news article about this with LOTS of pictures, including some that probably came from 4chan. (Like a giant weasel holding onto the top of the plane. No sign of a blue-and-black dress, though.) It turns out he was alone in the plane; no passenger.

His engine failed, and he put it down in the golf course in order to miss nearby trees and nearby homes. Considering that it was a dead-stick landing, and that model of plane is known to be rather unforgiving when the engine is out, various experts are praising him for how he put it down.

His worst injury is a broken pelvis. I would guess that's going to keep him out of circulation for quite a while, since he'll need something like a full-body cast. (Ouch!)

There are a bunch of pictures of the plane itself. I'm no expert but it doesn't look likely that it can be restored.

UPDATE: Not only did he not kill himself or hit any houses, he didn't even damage the golf course all that much. After they get the plane out of there, I bet the groundskeepers will have that place back to normal in two weeks, and in a month you won't even be able to tell where it happened.

Posted by: Steven Den Beste in Weird World at 06:08 PM | Comments (11) | Add Comment
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