The actor also said he was distracted in an audio recording with air traffic control.
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Ford is heard calling himself a “schmuck” in an audio recording
released on Friday of his exchange with an air traffic controller
following a February incident in which the actor landed his private
plane on a taxiway instead of a runway.
“Yeah,
hi, its Husky Eight-Niner Hotel Uniform,” Ford is heard saying on the
recording, using the phonetic pronunciation of his aviation call sign.
“I’m the schmuck that landed on the taxiway.”
The
star of “Star Wars” and “Raiders of the Lost Ark” then goes on to
explain that he landed in the wrong place because he was distracted by
two jets.
On
the audio tape, released by the Federal Aviation Administration, the
air traffic controller asks for Ford’s name and pilot’s license,
assuring the film star that the mishap is “no big deal.”
“Well
it’s a big deal for me, hold on,” Ford responds, adding that he is
looking in a backpack, apparently for his pilot’s license. At that point
the audio cuts off.
In
the Feb. 13 incident Ford flew his single-engine Aviat Husky over an
American Airlines Boeing 737 jet in Santa Ana, California, before
landing on the taxiway that runs parallel to the runway. Taxiways are
paths along which aircraft can taxi when moving to or from a runway,
where planes take off and land.
In 2015 Ford crashed a vintage plane onto a Los Angeles-area golf course, suffering serious injuries.
