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| US actor Harrison Ford has been injured in a small plane crash in Los Angeles. | US actor Harrison Ford has been injured in a small plane crash in Los Angeles. |
| The 72-year-old star of the Indiana Jones and Star Wars films reported engine failure and crash-landed his vintage plane on a Venice golf course. | |
| He was breathing and alert when medics arrived and took him to hospital in a "fair to moderate" condition, a fire department spokesman said. | He was breathing and alert when medics arrived and took him to hospital in a "fair to moderate" condition, a fire department spokesman said. |
| His son Ben, a chef in Los Angeles, later tweeted from the hospital: "Dad is OK. Battered but OK! | His son Ben, a chef in Los Angeles, later tweeted from the hospital: "Dad is OK. Battered but OK! |
| His publicist said: "The injuries sustained are not life threatening, and he is expected to make a full recovery," | His publicist said: "The injuries sustained are not life threatening, and he is expected to make a full recovery," |
| The nature of Ford's injuries have not been disclosed but website TMZ, which first reported the story, said he suffered "multiple gashes to his head". | The nature of Ford's injuries have not been disclosed but website TMZ, which first reported the story, said he suffered "multiple gashes to his head". |
| Shortly after take-off from Santa Monica Airport, he said he was having engine failure with his 1942 Ryan Aeronautical ST3KR and was making an "immediate return". | Shortly after take-off from Santa Monica Airport, he said he was having engine failure with his 1942 Ryan Aeronautical ST3KR and was making an "immediate return". |
| He was unable to reach the runway and landed on the golf course, where onlookers pulled him from the plane fearing it could explode. | |
| Officials said the plane had been flying at about 3,000 feet (914 metres) and hit a tree on the way down. | |
| "There was no explosion or anything. It just sounded like a car hitting the ground or a tree or something. Like that one little bang, and that was it," Jeff Kuprycz, who was playing golf told the Associated Press news agency. | "There was no explosion or anything. It just sounded like a car hitting the ground or a tree or something. Like that one little bang, and that was it," Jeff Kuprycz, who was playing golf told the Associated Press news agency. |
| "He ended up crashing around the eighth hole." | "He ended up crashing around the eighth hole." |
| Christian Fry of the Santa Monica Airport Association said it was "an absolutely beautifully executed emergency landing by an unbelievably well-trained pilot". | Christian Fry of the Santa Monica Airport Association said it was "an absolutely beautifully executed emergency landing by an unbelievably well-trained pilot". |
| Film producer Ryan Kavanaugh witnessed the accident from his office near the airport where Harrison had taken off. | |
| He told The Hollywood Reporter: "He literally had five seconds, and 99 per cent of pilots would have turned around to go back to the runway and would have crashed - it would have stalled, gone nose first and crashed." | |
| "Harrison did what the best pilots in the world would do," he continued. "He made the correct turn that the plane was designed for with an engine out." | |
| 'Moderate trauma' | 'Moderate trauma' |
| After crash-landing, Ford was initially treated by two doctors who happened to be at the golf course. | |
| Fire Department spokesman Patrick Butler said the LAFD received a 911 emergency call at 14:20 (22:20 GMT) and attended to a "medium-to-high impact" plane crash at the Penmar Golf Course. | Fire Department spokesman Patrick Butler said the LAFD received a 911 emergency call at 14:20 (22:20 GMT) and attended to a "medium-to-high impact" plane crash at the Penmar Golf Course. |
| There have been calls from local people to close Santa Monica airport, which is situated in a residential district, because of concerns about safety and noise. | |
| Later this year, Ford is reprising his role of Han Solo in the latest addition to the Star Wars franchise, Star Wars: The Force Awakens. | |
| He broke his leg in June last year on set at Pinewood Studios while filming a scene involving a door on the Millennium Falcon spaceship. | |
| Ford took up flying when he was in his 50s and is also trained to fly helicopters. | |
| In 1999, Ford crash-landed his helicopter during a training flight in Los Angeles but both he and the instructor were unhurt. | |
| A year later a plane he was flying had to make an emergency landing at Lincoln Municipal Airport in Nebraska. Again he and his passenger escaped unhurt after the plane clipped the runway. | |
| Are you in Venice, Los Angeles? Did you witness the incident? You can email details to haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk. | Are you in Venice, Los Angeles? Did you witness the incident? You can email details to haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk. |
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