Many of you asked for this video and finally the FAA released the OFFICIAL audio including the succeeding phone conversations. This video took a very long time to edit so please, give it a BIG LIKE and always watch out for the runway you've been assigned to!! =D
You know what I like about ATCs and pilots, you can have near death incidents and they're still calmer and more courteous than people being held up in a McDonald's drive thru.
I done a little basic flight training, maybe embarrassing but thank goodness nobody gets hurt! it sounds like everybody has had about 15 red bulls in the beginning I cant understand anything their saying, I don't have the aptitude for that at all!
"Chewie, we're receiving a transmission about a possible pilot deviation! Quick, get ready to make the jump to hyperspace! ...Chewie? Chewie, you there? .... Well, I can still outmaneuver them!"
I'm sure there are many non-famous Harrison Fords out there, too. Then again he said "I won't release your information to anyone else" so he probably recognized him.
You could tell when Tower realized who he was talking to. It was right after Ford muttered it’s a big deal for me. And no ATC has no idea Harrison Ford is flying Niner Hotel Uniform. It’s just another taildragger at a busy commercial hub to them.
@@eatshit2863 dont say that about Harrison Ford, he is a treasure to this world, he will be missed when he passes away but we dont plan to have that happen for a long time.
Knowing Harrison Ford and his history, he was likely stoned. Dude smokes more weed than Marley. My friend's cousin used to supply him a few years back... pounds and pounds for Han Solo, let me tell ya. Very lucky that he didn't cause an international incident and cost people their lives.
@Julian Moses First time a NATO fighter aircraft came to visit a Hungarian airbase he joyfully landed on the taxiway (I think it was a Tornado). He claimed controller instructed him (concrete or asphalt?) but had no problem, visually checked it be clear, only commented was a bit bumpy (at 160kts landing hell yeah :) :) :) ).
@Julian Moses i was on short final for the wrong runway when i was a student pilot - quickly asked tower for clearance for the correct runway which i got successfully (whew) tower still had me call but since i had clearance technically i didnt do anything wrong so there was no deviation report - great lesson for me tho
@UCqeuyI0kmVpc_IufvhiHCqg I guess it is almost the same as a train operator is running a red light? Alot of paperwork and it takes a few weeks until you are cleared to pilot a train again (if you're not fired) at least where I live. I almost ran a red light once but managed to stop a few centimeters from the signal, the train controller didn't say anything either that time. I learned my lesson too and if there is something I double check nowadays is that I have a green light infront of me. x)
You can hear it in his voice - AND in his words. He doesn't try to laugh it off (and no, self-deprecating humor of calling oneself "a smuck" is NOT lauging it off), and when told "it's not a big deal" (refering to a minor delay) he answers with "it's a big deal _for me"_ (clearly refering to the whole thing). He was being harsher with himself that everyone else combined.
nicenicemusic Then I wouldn't be as flexible with the reprimand. He did not sound good. Not sharp at all. He didn't know he landed on Charlie? Skimmed over at 82'? That's not a simple stop sign violation. Riddle me this, lovelies, if I am "familiar with my driveway" why would I pull onto a side street thinking it was correct? He was clueless of what he did even when he was on the ground? Not buying it. For his own safety, and ours. In his golf course accident, did u know he had, "...dislocated his ankle, broke his back, shattered his pelvis, a concussion, large laceration across his forehead and retroamnesia for FIVE DAYS after the accident" (his own words here). His responses are slow to questioning yrs. later in interviews and his demeanor now is agitated without provocation, etc., etc. Brain trauma, PTSD are parting gifts from his adventures w/o question. Did u know a "compromised" brain during this emergency causes the brain to be triggered again into trauma, possibly explaining his semi-drunken sounding/confused voice. We all love him and Calista doesnt deserve to be a widow this way. Fly safe everyone.
I'm a bit shocked how old and weary he sounds. When he's communicating with the tower for landing, it sounds like he's pleading "Ooh, I'm an old man, my back is killing me and my legs aren't what they used to be..."
I remember, quite a few years ago being on Lima, holding short of 20R, between the runways, waiting for a small private twin to land on 20R. So, we're chatting about something and I'm looking for the twin on final, and when I see him, I notice that his gear is not down. I mentioned this to my FO and made a dumb remark like, "I wonder if he's going to throw the gear out in the flare like the Space Shuttle used to do." Well, as he passes in front of us, maybe 50' above the runway, my FO gets on the radio and says, "twin engine aircraft over the numbers of 20R, GO AROUND, your gear is not down!" So, the guy, sounding like an elderly gentleman, says he's going around. Shortly after, he keys his mike again and thanks us for noticing and directing the go around. Be careful out there and fly safe.
You might have made it possible for this guy to make a bigger mistake later. You did the right thing though. But eventually they make new planes out of bent ones.
Not quite true, Bob. I've heard that at least three times - Boston approach, Baltimore approach, Tallil AB tower, Iraq - and each time an air traffic controller was decertified. I would surmise that hundreds or even thousands of other professional pilots have had similar experiences.
"I landed on Charlie??" Lol! In my mind I can see Harrison Ford sort of staring into the distance with that baffled Harrison Ford face as he's saying that!
This kind of stuff is why I quit flying in '07. I was making too many mistakes, and flying is one of the most unforgiving activities there is. I miss the air, but enjoy staying alive more.
Robnord1 - Yeah Buddy!! I chose life as well just like you and Sid on "Ice Age" for same reason you stated PLUS found you could do everything right piloting even a Cessna 150 & end up very dead! In '74 passed ground school & on 4th lesson took off VFR from Ypsilanti in late fall. Flew around per instructions & winter storm just moving in so back to airport, approached runway, at 30ft saw white blur to left, left wing thrown up 90 degrees to runway! Lost airspeed too so whipped wheel to left, full power, full rich, prayed to God, dropped out of air, & bounced on right wheel. Had over-corrected, gave it right wheel, bounced on wrong wheel, got it centered, bounced on both wheels, and then finally lit in raging snowstorm stopping ASAP! Instructor KO'd from slamming rt window, we were advised Ford parts heavy right behind us, so as now blind, the controller directed trip to Air Service apron from tower. Instructor still out & his blood all over from splitting head open. Plane undamaged except needing cleanup in aisle 2 as Instructor had also pissed pants. We got him patched up & Mechanic loaned him coveralls. Our presence requested in tower & we thought they'd be PO'd, but that was not the case. Pilots from following cargo plane already there w/Capt exclaiming "Wow...that's the best worst landing I've ever seen"!! Senior Air Controller that had guided us to Air Service explained what we hit was huge snow devil or small snow tornado throwing wing up, that had formed and blew across runway just as lucky us set to touch down. We had to fill out paperwork for near miss or some such incident with all putting down what we knew about it. Instructor wrote weather quick changing VFR to IFR so immediate return with student still at controls, almost down, then woke up in Air Service Office with big guy holding me down for lady EMT stitching rt side of head back together, what the hell happened?? Senior Controller who had just happened to witness it wrote best possible outcome as "Cartwheeling, massive double fatality crash closing my runway"!! Other than cleaning up the Air Service's plane I ABANDONED LEARNING TO FLY! After Wawa, Ontario deal next year in a Beaver settling to land on lake socked in by fog, from rt seat I yelled "MOUNTAIN" and pointed (almost) dead ahead we were already there! Pilot pulled column back, full throttle, full rich, shouted full flaps which I provided, and plane struggled straight up. Have you ever seen a mountain's sheer vertical rock face right tight to your pontoons?? Pilot used last of airspeed for a 180 & down the rock face we went, then the wooded section w/frickin' treetop we couldn't miss, so right between the pontoons we trimmed it soaring back up into the relative safety of the fog bank. Under the circumstances, my Buddy and me offered free in/out service whenever we wanted to come back fishin'!! We never went back as had both chose life, JUST LIKE YOU!!! (sorry about length of comment)
@@erwinschmidt7265 My cousin did the same, had an incident up around WAWA.. (it's indian word for the sound that geese make ), apparently lost all power, incl electrical, just after takeoff in a single , prego native woman and family on board.. he managed to ditch safely , though I don't know the details..I believe the battery wasn't connected correctly, and things were jury wired and killed the fuel pump most likely killing the engine.. apparently shoddy maint was common up north back then.. luckily you guys were in a legendary stol plane, with a big old torquey wasp , and a wing with high lift devices, don't know if a 182 has that kind of performance off the water , or at low speeds.. Beaver's a beast
My question is..... Since he saw it before he overflew it why did he not go around.... THAT is the biggest problem ..... Ford continued into a dangerous situation. THINK ABOUT IT
@@hotrodray6802 wtf was dangerous about that he was far from hitting any tail it wasn't even in the same parallel as him. Also he could see it obviously he won't crash into it. Sure it's not acceptable since there are rules on a runway but in no universe would he crash there. I dont get it..
in aviation getting this close is considered an incident and as such must be investigated. he could not crash into it but had anything else failed then maybe. also the investigation has to prove it was his mistake to land on C
Tower: "Sir, the odds of successfully navigating less than 100 ft above an airliner while landing on a taxiway is approxim-" Ford: "Never tell me the odds!"
The FAA left him off with some counciling and a quiz, due to a clean 20 year record and full understanding and cooperation on this case. They specifically said that he isn't a mere weekend pilot like many other celebrities. So yeah this was a serious error but not worth revoking his license for in the greater scheme. And while he should have gone around after seeing a plane on where he believed his runway to be, he had full awareness of it, so the risk was much lower than the news made people believe.
thanks for posting the results of it but I can't agree, he should have aborted the landing, imagine it's foggy and there's something else taxing 200m in front of him.... he had crashed the shit outta it cause in that moment he thought he's not doing anything wrong, in case in doubt pull it up imo.
I would not care to judge Mr. Ford harshly. Two accidents and one incident over many years flying is not far off the mark considering the type of flying involved. His heli crash during training is not unusual. Gliding a helicopter (autorotation) is a difficult skill to learn and maintain. I’ve personally seen a number of helicopters damaged or written off this way with fully qualified instructors at the controls. Kodos to Mr Ford for simply admitting “I broke it”. The golf course crash was an engine failure. No pilot error there. Finally, the taxiway landing; not dangerous, just embarrassing. Terribly embarrassing. I feel for the guy. I’m pilot, mechanic, flight instructor and maintenance professor. Helicopters and airplanes. Five forced landings, no crashes, no violations, no fines. Have I made mistakes over the years? Yup. I just didn’t end up on TH-cam.
@@paulhuizenga5006 According to the article you linked, neither incident was due to pilot error. The plane was an engine failure and the helicopter was a mechanical failure.
Crazy how pilots and ATC, accustomed to making sure they don't jam up the radio by talking over one another, seem to do completely the opposite on the phone.
Yeah they are, kinda, tactical thinking people. Ok he shouldn't be there but ATC handles the situation as is, not as it should be. Like: ok so far I have never seen a real UFO from outer space but now there is one approahing so I give him vector for 20L and what was your callsign again?...
@@koborkutya7338 which is the right way to be someone who has to handle air traffic. Gotta deal with what’s happening, not what you want to be happening. If the damn space shuttle comes into your airspace needing an emergency landing, you give it vectors, clearance, clear a runway, and designate a taxiway for it to vacate. You don’t complain that it’s not supposed to be there until it crashes.
***** People have issues no matter what amount of money they have. Kurt Cobain was in the same psychological torment while sitting in his mansion with a heroin needle in his arm that any penniless homeless addict would also be experiencing.
+Roelof Hetsen I'm assuming your a socialist. Just because people have money doesn't mean they aren't a person or don't have problems too. Most people with money just focused on that pursuit in their life, they made good decisions with that goal in mind, still humans at the end of the day. And no, the vast minority of wealthy people were not born wealthy.
When talking to the tower, he sounded like I sound when I get pulled over for speeding. Like you know you screwed up and you have no idea how mean they're going to be to you. You could clearly hear he was upset with himself for it. The tower handled that whole thing really professionally. Kept totally calm, just get him where he needs to be and the guy he spoke to "no big deal, we've just gotta file the paperwork and review what happened." Man, could have been FAR worse. Glad no one was injured.
@@donnebes9421 if you're a pilot and make a mistake and admit it, as long as it wasn't intentional or display of severe grossful negligence, you will not be punished. It's called just culture and it should be upheld everywhere in the world of aviation. Its installed everywhere, and it's a safety net for us pilots, if we fuck up and come clean and are honest nothing will happen, just filing some paperwork and the scare, of course repeating it will not look good. If you get trashed for admitting your mistakes, go to the authority of aviation in the respective country and file an inquiry, because if we gotta be scared of the consequences of making mistakes, then a lot of us wouldn't wanna stay in the industry.
One of the things I like about the Aviation industry is how professional and calm everyone is even when people make potentially very dangerous mistakes. Good job all around at the response to this.
A large part of that is that everybody knows it *will* be followed up, investigated and the person found responsible will face some sort of action, whether retraining, reprimand or more serious consequences. Not so when someone nearly kills you on the highway, and even if you can get the cops to take a report, it'll be dumped as "no harm, no foul" as soon as you're out the door.
Jeffrey Lebowski It is their job to be professional when doing coms. When in an emergency, which kind of voice do you want to hear? An panicky voice that sounds like he or she does not know what to do or an calm guiding voice which sound that he or she has this under control?
Anders Mostue If you want an emotional one, go listen to the 17 year old solo student whose main gear fell off the airplane at Beverly, MA. She did great, can you imagine? As for ATC in general, I've heard a lot of stuff on the air over the years that was absolutely hilarious! Also some scary things of course...
I was thinking a similar thought. That ATC was as cool as it comes. Dude lands on a taxiway and the ATC just keeps going like it happens all the time and no big deal. Didn't even say anything until he was asked what happened by the pilot.
The odds are the control tower staff will be unharmed. If you want to see them scream... there have been stories of people flying at the tower in protest... In south america often passenger jets are under-filled, so there have been incidents of engine and power failures while the control tower is calmly holding them for a busy runway, with the pilots getting very agitated. Control tower - relatively speaking - is low risk.
I'm not going to comment on Mr. Ford's actions or piloting ability, but I did want to say that man, VASAviation did an awesome job on the editing for this video and it really shows. Thanks for putting all the information together in an easily digestible format.
2:40 According to Ford, he was preoccupied with the wake turbulence, and the sun glaring in his eyes, along with Charlie looking like a runway (other aircraft have made that mistake before). Ford made a simple mistake due to a number of factors and owned up to it. I'm glad that the FAA decided to simply reprimand him, rather than take any punitive action.
Came to say this. When I heard "beware wake turbulence Right" it was suddenly perfectly obvious why he landed in the taxiway: he either was so focused on avoiding that wake turbulence that he lined up on the taxiway, trying to get as far left as he could, or he actually encountered it, and by the time he recovered, he had been buffeted onto Charlie. Either way, shitty spot to be in.
According to the NTSB report, ACA759 at SFO had already started climbing before the go-around order, so it wasn't ATC that avoided the accident. Given how close it was, had the pilot only reacted after the ATC order, it might very well have been too late.
Going by the sat photos the right runway looks distinct from left and the taxiway, but left and taxiway look to be just about the same color surface. That's something the airport might be able to fix.
BubbaFilms lmao it reminded me of my grandpa. "Sorry son go ahead." Yeah so grandpa the other da..." so it was 1970 the world was a fun and exciting..." *damn it grandpa*
Speculation here, but I thought he was walking somewhere (backpack, wind noise) and was talking to someone who needed to pass him when he said to go ahead.
It's absolutely amazing how professional the air traffic controller is in this situation. I had been rudely reprimanded over the radio several times by ATC here in Canada for much, much lesser transgressions than almost causing a collision. Much respect for you, sir.
@@jic1 he most certainly knew that. They all likely know his tail numbers and the unique aircraft and any other extreme high-profile pilots out there. Ive seen Ton Cruise's Challenger quite a bit at John Wayne- and if I know this stuff they certainly do.
Black box was recovered on the Husky Here are the transcripts N89U: Cleared to land 20L, 89HU *Sees AA bird on the Taxiway* : "Full reverse, Chewy lock in the auxiliary power....CHEWY LOCK IN THE AUXILIARY POWER!!!" *Loud animal like wailing sound in background*
Ford: “Was that airliner supposed to be under me” ATC: “That’s a negative sir, he was holding short of the runway, you landed on Charlie” Ford:”I landed on Charlie?” ATC: “Yes and say parking?” IDK why that made me laugh so hard.
JohnnyCacao It can mean a few things, but often it means that the controller believes you make a mistake. They would usually tell you this by saying “possible pilot deviation, call the tower”. What happens after that depends on what you did and how pissed off the controller is. If you are lucky, maybe they will just give you a friendly reminder. If it’s more serious, then they would collect information and file a report with the FSDO (local FAA safety office). if that happens, most cases you would get an official warning or they might require you to take remedial training. If you did something reckless they could suspend or revoke your certificate. Usually that would be for very serious infractions or if you have a previous record of infractions. But sometimes they just want to clarify something. Maybe there was a misunderstanding or a disagreement they want to discuss. Or really anything else they want to talk about without tying up the radio frequency. Maybe they had problems reading your transponder or they just wanted to apologize for inconveniencing you because they were dealing with another situation.
@@rogerwilco2 I agree the Aviat Husky have excellent visability and they are pretty agile ... it's reasonable to think he would have been able to avoid a collision.
BS! He saw the plane and wasn’t going to land on or collide with it. PersonallyI would’ve gone missed. I mean, landing on a runway that’s already occupied is not the usual thing to do.
@@bigc208 He landed on a Taxiway, flying just 82 feet above the Tail of a passenger plane that was holding short of the active runway for clearance. Go to 3:40 through 3:56 for verification.
In the simulator, I almost landed on the 'wrong' runway (Taxiway C) at KSNA just like Harrison Ford because those 2 asphalt islands on the left side of taxiway C from a distance look like the dominant black 'lane' and resemble the runway on the left side. And once you fixate on THAT being the runway, you're mind disregards visuals cues for the actual runway like the chevrons and "20L" for the actual runway. Plus when Han Solo was lining up on Taxiway C, the American 738 wasn't blocking the taxiway at that time and was still slowly lurking along L. It was only once Ford was committed to landing did the 738 taxi underneath his glideslope, and it looked like Ford took minor evasive action by landing high and long, which is why he inquired about the airliner after he landed. So definitely some mitigating factors in Ford's favor on this one.
From this recording, it seems like all parties involved were incredibly professional. You could tell that Mr. Ford owned the error from the get go; that goes a long way in my book.
Jake Jones He had a choice. Almost any Hollywood narcissist would have blamed ATC or the airliner. It shows that he is attempting to be responsible --- especially so given his notoriety. He even subtle expressed that during the ATC communication exchange with ---> "It's a big deal to me" . If it was not a big deal we wouldn't even be watching this video.
at a busier multirunway airport this could have been a HUGE deal. Im a fan and the way he handled it was awesome. But if he continues to fly he needs to stay away from busy airspace and frankly... airports
As the man said what else was his choice but to say the obvious? .. And very importantly you should know that we are not judged on what we do off airport.. who cares that most actors would blah blah blah.. he's a pilot.. be judged as a pilot.. what's wrong with you? Low expectations for actors you have and me too but don't be a douche claiming that in this case he was stand up.. Nothing says he wasn't either but no need for unneeded praise.. I like Harrison but your comment is more dangerous than his mess up. Good day
Air Traffic Controller: "Who is this? What's your operating number?" Harrison Ford, Han Solo pilot: ""Uhhh... - *blasts* - boring conversation anyway. - - Luke!! We're gonna have company!!!"
@ Well, he is a plane and helicopter pilot so I think he knows a bit more than acting. One of my friends was in the same helicopter training school with Ford and said he was quite intelligent and a hard worker.
You could tell by his voice that he was flustered and upset with himself. As a pilot who flies all over So Cal daily, I can understand his confusion. Navigating unfamiliar airfields can be tricky, especially when you're mingling with the big boys at Charlie's like SNA. Im sure he will keep his license and hopefully he does. Everyone I know that has met him at various FBO's have nothing but good things to say about him.
Yeah. I'm not a pilot but when I heard the news report, I could only think "how could anyone mess up a plane on the runway?" Seeing this - particularly how the AA plane had been moving - it's easy to see how the mistake could've been made.
Sloth55Chunk compassion is an admirable trait the truly good Pilots know when to give it up you're right it is confusing and tricky flying into unknown airports but it's even twice as bad if you're confused old man he needs to hang up his wings
I did a quick search. No action was taken because of this incident. He sounded ... flustered. I can sympathize. abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/harrison-ford-retains-pilot-license-restriction-faa-completes/story?id=46553182
True, but when you see a commercial airliner perpendicular to what you think is the runway, you can always wave off, go around and confirm with the tower that you are on the correct approach. It's not like he was landing on a grass field somewhere. . .
Time is money, hes just getting he's short field landings in. We always used to practice passing an obstacle of 50ft then land as quick as possible. Once clear, chop the power and drop on the ground ;)
wolly k If true, you must have been military? Can’t see any reason civil aviators would even want to practice that skill, given you don’t actually want to fly that close to another plane. Military is a whole different story though since speed can become top priority.
@@newname4405 Short field landing is a mandatory landing technic for all civil pilots in the US. Basically ots to prove you can land the aircraft in the minimum landing distance from the aircraft manual. Im civil, just been teaching pilots to fly for a handfull of years. Obviously he fucked up and missed the runways. Edit: you dont do it over other airplanes ofcourse.
6:27 "Oh...." I think that's where the tower guy realises who it is. He's very reassuring about the phone number privacy, I think because he's realised by then.
Just watched a video yesterday where a Commercial Airline pilot almost landed on the taxi way, but the ATC and the planes on the taxi way warned him just before he landed. So this is not exclusive to just private pilots.
Kevin Braden interesting. Commercial airliners in most major airports like onto a quiet slope that will intensely warn them if they’re off course. Smaller airports don’t have them, but there are systems in place to avoid it
Time is money, hes just getting he's short field landings in. We always used to practice passing and obstacle of 50ft then land as quick as possible. Once clear, chop the power and drop on the ground ;)
Wait a HEAVY landed ON THE TAXIWAY?? And there was no fatalities or damage? Cus I mean I can understand how a small plane like his might be fine but a HEAVY?!?!?! No way
@@sjeason Well, they almost did. Thanks to a United Captain noticing the Air Canada BEFORE the ATC, the Air Canada safely went around. Had the United captain not notice the Air Canada, it would’ve been the deadliest air disaster in the world to date. Here’s the link to the incident: m.th-cam.com/video/ZW-ETmZU0u8/w-d-xo.html
I love how there is zero attitude when he calls up. The Controller accepts the incident and gets all the details and it's all about how to make sure it doesn't happen again. I'm sure he will get a slap on the wrist but aviation has a massive standing culture of not Imposing blame and I think many other Industries should adopt it
@Bobby Brady And making people want to hide these incidents out of guilt or fear of prosecution kills even more people and prevents changes from happening. One person at this aircraft safety speech stated that "There's no such thing as human error, only mistakes in the system that were overlooked". If human error could be a factor, then ideally you would design the system to seek out every possible way mistakes could be made and find ways to solve them. Humans aren't perfect and never will be so instead of giving blame to accidents you instead design a system that avoids mistakes as much as possible. Ever since aviation has switched to this kind of thinking there's been huge developments in pilot and passenger safety as well as pilots more willing to admit to their mistakes so training can be changed for the better.
Bobby Brady Even if he was blind and did manage to strike the tail of the AAL he probably would have only killed or injured himself, he was in a cub a Cubs landing speed is not very fast the worst he would have done was killed himself and damaged the tail of the other aircraft. Just saying...
@Bobby Brady "Harrison Ford is clearly too old to be flying." *high. I don't think his age is an issue. Think he misunderstands the age-old adage "Don't drink and drive, smoke and fly!"
@Bobby Brady The culture is that blame is not absolute. There is certainly still "blame". If you do not look further than the obvious faults then you miss what you can do about it to stop it happening again. If you cross a one-way street and get run over by a driver going the wrong way up it. Sure, the driver is at fault, but, you should learn from that to always look both ways regardless. If you don't learn that then some other person driving the wrong way will end up killing you. So whilst the fault certainly lies with Harrison here, the solution to that problem should go far more widespread. Taking his licence away will not stop a similar incident from ever happening again. In fact, he is probably now the least likely person to ever land on the taxiway ever again. Investigations will certainly be made to determine what airports can do to make it clearer, what pilot training / re-training can be done to make people more familiar with larger airports, or they remove the risk entirely by stopping light aircraft from sharing alongside commercial.
I remember a story I heard a few years back from Jackson Hole Wyoming where two hikers got stranded and they needed to call in a rescue chopper. The chopper flies in abd and the pilot hops out, and the hikers jaws hit the ground: They were being rescued by Han Solo. Ford did chopper work in Wyoming.
Nice one, I'd never heard or read about that, for others| www.google.co.uk/amp/s/abcnews.go.com/amp/Entertainment/action-star-harrison-ford-rescues-hiker/story%3fid=116341
@@beieber4life he's not. When you know you screwed up your nerves go to shit and your brain gets befuddled. Sometimes when people are stressed they're less than graceful. If it hasn't happened to you yet, it will someday.
@@TheFrogInYourClosetWatchingYou That's how they communicate. Quick and to the point. Pilots are trained in ATC communications, so it only sounds like gibberish to non-pilots. Also, English is the standard international language for aviation.
ATC speech flawless Han Solo's age at time of this incident was 74/75 years old... ...the older we get the slower we move the slower we listen... Not easy to locate, but most sources list FAA maximum age professional flying 65... Recreational maximum age unknown
3:38 N89HU: was that airliner meant to be underneath me? SNA Tower: negative, he’s holding short of runway 20 left; you landed on Charlie. N89HU: (long pause) I landed on Charlie? SNA Tower: that’s affirmative sir, and say parking? N89HU: (long pause) I’m going to signature east. SNA Tower: continue on Charlie and then hold short of Hotel.
In 1980, I was a lineman for Beechcraft West @ VNY. Harrison Ford went up with one of our instructors several different times, in a Beech Sport 150. I don't recall if this was his initial flight instruction towards his PPL or not. I had the pleasure of meeting and chatting with Mr. Ford on several occasions while fueling his plane and he was doing his pre-flight, and he was very nice and down to earth. I'm not sure how he is now as that was 40 years ago.
Yes, I just listened to that part again. I'm sure everyone else knew that the actor Harrison Ford was flying that plane but the guy talking on the phone with Ford probably just heard "some old guy in a Husky blew it." Listen to it again. When Ford says *those* words, he switches to his Harrison Ford, the Actor voice and he sounds 20 years younger!
As always, it is more important to find out reasons why an incident happens and institute corrections then to just slap fines and legal problems on pilot violators. Most of the time if a violation occurs and the proper reports are timely filed little or no action is taken against pilots. This rule exists because it is more important to find solutions to problems and err on the side of safety. If a pilot has to worry about trouble and fines they may not want to be so forthcoming with the truth.
Finally someone with some sense and (apparently) some experience in the comment thread. Honest mistake that is easy for a single pilot to make at a busy airport. Pilots are target-fixated on short final. Lots of armchair quarterbacking from people that don't understand the situational awareness suck that landing is. Anyway, absolutely right. Re-train mistakes, punish crimes.
Haha, it is tempting, isn't it?! Anyway, I figure people ought to be allowed to say what they feel. It's just seems like a lot of people act like the could never make a mistake in an airplane, then further think punishment would either somehow undo a committed one or prevent a future one. No one is landing on a taxiway because they're trying to get away with it ha! But probably best to ignore the angry comments and move along...
you area absolutelly right, the chapecoense soccer team incident was a prime example of why fines are no substitute for regulations and rule enforcement
How many "honest mistakes" does one pilot get? And, I'm not an armchair pilot. Private pilot with 10 years experience. Why would an actor get treatment any different from the rest of us?
Yeah, the name-blame-game will come soon enough. He faced the music, head on. Glad to hear he acknowledged his fault, blamed himself, coorporated fully, and want it squared away the right way. Not 'pulling ranks' with 'you know who I am.?'. Probably an honest mistake in such a small plane, with everything being up to the pilot himself and not covered by computers. Great guy. ☺ Wouldn't mind going for a flight with him.
@@dahlin9203 Yes, really. What are you, dense? If you get a DUI, the only person who's gonna give a shit are people who care about you. If Harrison Ford gets a DUI, he's on TMZ for a week straight -- probably the NYT too.
i only recently started on watching some ATC vids and i'm only very very slowly learning what everything means. _very_ slowly. without the subtitles, i'd be completely lost. so i feel you.
I love hearing professionals. I'm an it guy and love working with professionals. You talk with people you do not know and instantly have a mutual agreement and understanding on what it's all about. HF as well, even though he tried some facesaving. The amount of professionalism is impressive in aviation. I guess they also suffer from financial pressure. In IT, the road leads to "do quick and crappy work, do outsourcing, collect signatures, all is fine, the rest is insurance".
Air Traffic Control: What's going on down there? Come in! Harrison Ford: Uh, everything is under control. Situation normal. ATC: What happened? HF: [flustered] Uh, had a slight landing malfunction. But, uh, everything's perfectly all right now. We're fine. We're all fine here, now, thank you. How are you?
Pretty sure he understood that he almost killed himself and probably a few more on the ground. I'm impressed he never tried to do anything but own his mistake. But of course almost all pilots are a bread apart. I'm not a pilot btw. But I know several.
@@nbt3663 Of course he is pissed ,besides the fact that he could killed everybody involved ,he was on the edge of loosing his licence, you can't joke with that nobody cares who you are in these meters
@@adriantudor4707 yes. I agree. My point is people of influence and perceived power ($$$) usually try to pull rank to get out of a situation. Yet Ford doesnt. It's just refreshing to see his attitude. Nobody is ever happy when they make a mistake. But that's why the call them accidents.
He knew it was a bigger deal..coz it would be all over the media, probably even the embarrassing audio on YT soon..Ppl make mistakes, I know he's a great pilot, seen him operate the millennium falcon like no-one ever..he had a big walking carpet as a copilot, but still..
Excellent work +VASAviation! Especially the phone calls! Given how this all turned out, the FAA wouldn't really see it fitting to pull Ford's license. Some training maybe, but he knew exactly when he messed it up. It's a safe bet that he's learned from that mistake, and it won't happen (to him) again. Need I remind all of you that Ford's not the only one! A Delta bird landed on Taxiway Mike in ATL a few years back. Another Delta flight took off out of Montrose, CO not using CTAF, opposite direction and nearly mid-aired with a Citation just broken out of the clouds on the proper instrument approach. Mistakes happen. The FAA is not in the business of yanking certificates -- unless they obviously have to! This incident was benign. SNA is a tight-space airport anyway -- easy for mistakes to be made. Just don't let it happen to you! I wanna pull all your drivers' licenses next time you run a stop sign, tailgate, don't use headlights in the rain, text at 40 mph... Yeah, it's the same thing. #RemoveTheEyeLog
Well...sort of the same thing, but the consequences are very different, hence airmen are rightly held to a much higher standard of performance. You could analogize blowing through a hold line to running a stop sign, but we need to acknowledge that pilot deviations like that ARE a big deal and not minimize the potentially catastrophic consequences for ourselves and hundreds of other people for those kinds of mistakes.I am not advocating sitting him down, as someone else wrote, he won't make that mistake again; however a check ride might not be a bad idea.
sunny71169 It might be to that level of danger, but it is was not a malicious on-purpose kind of mistake that would have to be so I agree more with the first comparison.
You know when the controller realized it's Harrison Ford, he's covering the mouthpiece of the phone mouthing silently to the other controllers " It's Harrison Ford." At least he didn't try to play the " Do you know who I am?" game.
Well atleast he wasn't an ass about it, admitted his mistake and realized how serious it was. If I had the money he had I'd build my own little airstrip, and not have to worry about landing at large ones dealing with traffic and multitasking with radio and holding patterns.
Atleast he wasn't an ass about it? I mean what would he have complained about? Charlie being on his runway? There was absolutely nothing he could complain about. He fucked up, just him. Everyone did what they were supposed to. He didn't have any leeway to be an ass.
@@DipenTiwari Not just him, the controller didn't notice he was about to land on Charlie... And as far as i know, the controllers are supposed to know where all of the aircrafts are at all times.
@@DipenTiwari Nowadays not having any leeway to be an ass doesn't stop people from being an ass - especially celebrities. Makes HF's conduct almost refreshing to see.
![[REAL ATC] Qantas suffers depressurization | Pilot becomes incapacitated](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/uCQE77K8GUw/mqdefault.jpg)
Many of you asked for this video and finally the FAA released the OFFICIAL audio including the succeeding phone conversations. This video took a very long time to edit so please, give it a BIG LIKE and always watch out for the runway you've been assigned to!! =D
VASAviation - thanks for your work ! Great video
great job, thanks!!
Have you considered using a millennium falcon as his airplane? :-)
VASAviation - awesome job as always
VASAviation - Is it supposed to be Harrison Ford almost collides *with* a Boeing?
You know what I like about ATCs and pilots, you can have near death incidents and they're still calmer and more courteous than people being held up in a McDonald's drive thru.
Good comment, xcw.
xcw4934 Be cool: Save your life and the lives of others.
They have to be calm. Very little will be done if they panic
Especially when you ask for extra sauce.
I done a little basic flight training, maybe embarrassing but thank goodness nobody gets hurt! it sounds like everybody has had about 15 red bulls in the beginning I cant understand anything their saying, I don't have the aptitude for that at all!
Airline pilot’s wife: how was your day, honey?
Airline pilot: Harrison Ford almost killed me
He would most probably damage the tail of the boeing killing only himself.
U are a frikken genius !!
Get out of my plane.
Wife: oh ok wait what!
🤣🤣
this is what happens when he doesn't have a wookiee as a co-pilot
Best comment I've seen in a while. Thumbed up!
Damnit Chewie!
That is admittedly funny. Lol
"Chewie, we're receiving a transmission about a possible pilot deviation! Quick, get ready to make the jump to hyperspace!
...Chewie? Chewie, you there? .... Well, I can still outmaneuver them!"
Punch in chewee!
Pilot: "Name is Harrison Ford"
Tower: "Sure, and this is Luke Skywalker"
Too funny. I was thinking the same thing.
I'm sure there are many non-famous Harrison Fords out there, too. Then again he said "I won't release your information to anyone else" so he probably recognized him.
You could tell when Tower realized who he was talking to. It was right after Ford muttered it’s a big deal for me.
And no ATC has no idea Harrison Ford is flying Niner Hotel Uniform. It’s just another taildragger at a busy commercial hub to them.
lulz.
but most aviators and ATCs especially the one closeby would know Harrisson Ford is a pilot
@Kelp Farming kakaka. I cannot agge enough
"I'm the schmuck that just landed on the taxiway" - Harrison Ford
Because landing on runways is too mainstream...
It husky taxiway are easy
PeferG17 what are you a parrot?
The guy sounds just like my dad he was a pilot too and talks and sounds just like Ford! My dad would say the same dumbass thing!
@@eatshit2863 dont say that about Harrison Ford, he is a treasure to this world, he will be missed when he passes away but we dont plan to have that happen for a long time.
Being famous just makes screwing up all that more embarrassing.
I know. I am THE Al Gilmore. I hope I never make any mistakes.
Cooler*
Yep and he knows this was gonna be on TH-cam
Yeah, But usually it also makes that consequence-free, soooo ...
@@A_Haunted_Pancake hahaha h have a point there!
It was perfectly safe. You need to understand. He learned to fly a long time ago, in a galaxy far far away.
No, you don't fly over the tail of an airliner. That is not safe at all
@@behindthen0thing525 Sorry you did not catch the sarcasm. I agree it is not safe. I was Joking. I am being literal this time.
Behindthen0thing r/wooooshh
Also he was decelerating from light speed...
something about 12 parsecs...
"Continue on Charlie" is the funniest thing ever.
Yea, cause you already effed that one up anyway 🤦
how
Go back and do it again. This time land on the correct runway.
That was said with a delicious amount of scathing indictment.
Next time he'll directly request Signature East. Makes ATC's job so much easier.
"Junior, i didnt know you could fly a plane?"
"Fly, yes. Land, no."
Highly underrated comment.
He no nuts, he crazy!
Perfect comment. That’s it. You can shut down TH-cam. That was good.
Oh, that's way better than any of the SW/Falcon jokes.
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
The moment he realised his mistake I felt for him. He sounded so dissapointed.
Same The FAA doesnt care if you are famous or not and the fines are not cheap for mistakes made
we have all been there
I feel bad, dudes on his way out and just wants to fly. He really shouldn't have his licence anymore but damn if i dont feel bad for him.
@@masterenos Fines are cheap for Harrison Ford.
Knowing Harrison Ford and his history, he was likely stoned. Dude smokes more weed than Marley.
My friend's cousin used to supply him a few years back... pounds and pounds for Han Solo, let me tell ya.
Very lucky that he didn't cause an international incident and cost people their lives.
“I landed on Charlie?” Here comes that sinking feeling of impending doom.
Julian Moses This guy
@Julian Moses First time a NATO fighter aircraft came to visit a Hungarian airbase he joyfully landed on the taxiway (I think it was a Tornado). He claimed controller instructed him (concrete or asphalt?) but had no problem, visually checked it be clear, only commented was a bit bumpy (at 160kts landing hell yeah :) :) :) ).
@Julian Moses i was on short final for the wrong runway when i was a student pilot - quickly asked tower for clearance for the correct runway which i got successfully (whew) tower still had me call but since i had clearance technically i didnt do anything wrong so there was no deviation report - great lesson for me tho
Yeah you can hear the "Wait what?" and ""Aw shit" clearly in his tone as he asks that.
@UCqeuyI0kmVpc_IufvhiHCqg I guess it is almost the same as a train operator is running a red light? Alot of paperwork and it takes a few weeks until you are cleared to pilot a train again (if you're not fired) at least where I live. I almost ran a red light once but managed to stop a few centimeters from the signal, the train controller didn't say anything either that time. I learned my lesson too and if there is something I double check nowadays is that I have a green light infront of me. x)
I can hear in his voice how bad he felt. I was an airline pilot for 18 years and we all make mistakes. The important thing is that we learn from them.
Problem is he keeps making them... Way beyond what is expected of an Airline Pilot, can't see how you can compare the two?!
The important thing is nobody gets killed 🤣
You can hear it in his voice - AND in his words. He doesn't try to laugh it off (and no, self-deprecating humor of calling oneself "a smuck" is NOT lauging it off), and when told "it's not a big deal" (refering to a minor delay) he answers with "it's a big deal _for me"_ (clearly refering to the whole thing). He was being harsher with himself that everyone else combined.
Assuming you are still alive after making said mistake.
"Its no big deal"
"It's a big deal for me"
"Oh"
-I think that's the moment where he realized he was talking to THAT Harrison Ford
Nope, the moment he entered the airspace everyone upstairs knew who it was. Everyone there knows his tail numbers, he always flies in to SNA.
nicenicemusic Then I wouldn't be as flexible with the reprimand. He did not sound good. Not sharp at all. He didn't know he landed on Charlie? Skimmed over at 82'? That's not a simple stop sign violation. Riddle me this, lovelies, if I am "familiar with my driveway" why would I pull onto a side street thinking it was correct? He was clueless of what he did even when he was on the ground? Not buying it. For his own safety, and ours. In his golf course accident, did u know he had, "...dislocated his ankle, broke his back, shattered his pelvis, a concussion, large laceration across his forehead and retroamnesia for FIVE DAYS after the accident" (his own words here). His responses are slow to questioning yrs. later in interviews and his demeanor now is agitated without provocation, etc., etc. Brain trauma, PTSD are parting gifts from his adventures w/o question. Did u know a "compromised" brain during this emergency causes the brain to be triggered again into trauma, possibly explaining his semi-drunken sounding/confused voice. We all love him and Calista doesnt deserve to be a widow this way. Fly safe everyone.
He seemed quite like a 'confused old man', which he may be. But that's tricky.
+D'Anna C you nailed it. He is very obviously not qualified. Sloppy radio readbacks.
I'm a bit shocked how old and weary he sounds. When he's communicating with the tower for landing, it sounds like he's pleading "Ooh, I'm an old man, my back is killing me and my legs aren't what they used to be..."
Brilliant idea. Smaller aircraft can leave the runways available for larger traffic and can just skip straight to taxiing.
Just rename runway 19L to 19C and taxiway charlie to runway 19L (for small aircraft only) lol
We land on the taxiway all the time... because helicopter 😂🙌🏼 🚁
As if airports that serve large traffic only had 2 planes in operation at the same time. That could cause a crash on the taxiway.
Why not just land in the parking lot and pull right up to your car ?
@@eatshit2863 Nah, you can skip all that hustle by not even flying an aircraft in the first place. Just don't leave car.
""Continue on charlie...""
I'm dead.
So was Harrison, on the inside that is.
I remember, quite a few years ago being on Lima, holding short of 20R, between the runways, waiting for a small private twin to land on 20R. So, we're chatting about something and I'm looking for the twin on final, and when I see him, I notice that his gear is not down. I mentioned this to my FO and made a dumb remark like, "I wonder if he's going to throw the gear out in the flare like the Space Shuttle used to do." Well, as he passes in front of us, maybe 50' above the runway, my FO gets on the radio and says, "twin engine aircraft over the numbers of 20R, GO AROUND, your gear is not down!" So, the guy, sounding like an elderly gentleman, says he's going around. Shortly after, he keys his mike again and thanks us for noticing and directing the go around. Be careful out there and fly safe.
WOW! I bet it was Harrison Ford....
Great sir. You saved several lifes
Happens to me all the time in MSFS2020 :D
You might have made it possible for this guy to make a bigger mistake later. You did the right thing though. But eventually they make new planes out of bent ones.
Now VASAviation, we need the tape for this pls xD
"I didn't know you could fly!"
"Fly- yes. Land- no"
lololol
sounds like me
Thank you, I was waiting for that comment! :-D
Timothy S 89 likes.. N89HU?
It's not the flying that's the problem, the problem is when the plane intersects the ground. Preferrably and most often with lowered landing gear.
The four words no pilot wants to hear, "Please call the tower."
"....Phone number to copy."
What's your name sir. Rapunzel
And then tower hears "no thank you, I will have my people call your people"
Not quite true, Bob. I've heard that at least three times - Boston approach, Baltimore approach, Tallil AB tower, Iraq - and each time an air traffic controller was decertified. I would surmise that hundreds or even thousands of other professional pilots have had similar experiences.
"Terrain, Pull Up"
Atc: You just landed on Charlie so you can continue taxing.
Lol
Just thinking of efficiency
This shows how good of a pilot he is it's not easy to land on a taxi lol.
No need runway, I'm Harrison Ford
"Husky, turn next t..., er, disregard."
Ford: Look, I landed on the left runway. If you wanted me to land on the CENTER runway you should've said so. ATC. [.....]
6:28 That “Oh” has to have been the Controller being quietly told “No it’s THE Harrison Ford” 😂
"I landed on Charlie??" Lol! In my mind I can see Harrison Ford sort of staring into the distance with that baffled Harrison Ford face as he's saying that!
High as a kite, presumably. I'm just surprised he didn't go "Hotel uniform? No, man, this is a pullover"
crockett616 you can hear his exasperation. He sighs after saying it, but the mic only picks up the last half of it.
Same
Then furiously tapping the fuel gauge.
He made a mistake could have been more serious
This kind of stuff is why I quit flying in '07. I was making too many mistakes, and flying is one of the most unforgiving activities there is. I miss the air, but enjoy staying alive more.
Good on you to recognize and, more importantly, admit that it was time to stop. I hope you find fellow pilots that will take you up occasionally...
Robnord1 - Yeah Buddy!! I chose life as well just like you and Sid on "Ice Age" for same reason you stated PLUS found you could do everything right piloting even a Cessna 150 & end up very dead! In '74 passed ground school & on 4th lesson took off VFR from Ypsilanti in late fall. Flew around per instructions & winter storm just moving in so back to airport, approached runway, at 30ft saw white blur to left, left wing thrown up 90 degrees to runway! Lost airspeed too so whipped wheel to left, full power, full rich, prayed to God, dropped out of air, & bounced on right wheel. Had over-corrected, gave it right wheel, bounced on wrong wheel, got it centered, bounced on both wheels, and then finally lit in raging snowstorm stopping ASAP! Instructor KO'd from slamming rt window, we were advised Ford parts heavy right behind us, so as now blind, the controller directed trip to Air Service apron from tower. Instructor still out & his blood all over from splitting head open. Plane undamaged except needing cleanup in aisle 2 as Instructor had also pissed pants. We got him patched up & Mechanic loaned him coveralls. Our presence requested in tower & we thought they'd be PO'd, but that was not the case. Pilots from following cargo plane already there w/Capt exclaiming "Wow...that's the best worst landing I've ever seen"!! Senior Air Controller that had guided us to Air Service explained what we hit was huge snow devil or small snow tornado throwing wing up, that had formed and blew across runway just as lucky us set to touch down. We had to fill out paperwork for near miss or some such incident with all putting down what we knew about it. Instructor wrote weather quick changing VFR to IFR so immediate return with student still at controls, almost down, then woke up in Air Service Office with big guy holding me down for lady EMT stitching rt side of head back together, what the hell happened?? Senior Controller who had just happened to witness it wrote best possible outcome as "Cartwheeling, massive double fatality crash closing my runway"!! Other than cleaning up the Air Service's plane I ABANDONED LEARNING TO FLY! After Wawa, Ontario deal next year in a Beaver settling to land on lake socked in by fog, from rt seat I yelled "MOUNTAIN" and pointed (almost) dead ahead we were already there! Pilot pulled column back, full throttle, full rich, shouted full flaps which I provided, and plane struggled straight up. Have you ever seen a mountain's sheer vertical rock face right tight to your pontoons?? Pilot used last of airspeed for a 180 & down the rock face we went, then the wooded section w/frickin' treetop we couldn't miss, so right between the pontoons we trimmed it soaring back up into the relative safety of the fog bank. Under the circumstances, my Buddy and me offered free in/out service whenever we wanted to come back fishin'!! We never went back as had both chose life, JUST LIKE YOU!!! (sorry about length of comment)
@@LaurenThompsonIsMyRealName just old bald ones
Thats demotivating for me, an aspiring future pilot.
@@erwinschmidt7265 My cousin did the same, had an incident up around WAWA.. (it's indian word for the sound that geese make ), apparently lost all power, incl electrical, just after takeoff in a single , prego native woman and family on board.. he managed to ditch safely , though I don't know the details..I believe the battery wasn't connected correctly, and things were jury wired and killed the fuel pump most likely killing the engine.. apparently shoddy maint was common up north back then..
luckily you guys were in a legendary stol plane, with a big old torquey wasp , and a wing with high lift devices, don't know if a 182 has that kind of performance off the water , or at low speeds.. Beaver's a beast
1456 Pilot: "He was way too close! this is ridiuculous!"
Operator: "It was Harrison Ford"
1456 Pilot: "understandable have a nice day"
"Was that airliner supposed to be there?" If there's a sentence a pilot should NEVER say, that'll be it.
@@ryandispecki6223 Don't copy other people's comments word for word, that'll be it.
@@ностромов Don't copy other people's comments word for word, that'll be it.
"Take your time, no big deal."
"It's a big deal for me..."
"Oh........."
"Was that airliner supposed to be there?" If there's a sentence a pilot should *NEVER* say, that'll be it.
My question is..... Since he saw it before he overflew it why did he not go around.... THAT is the biggest problem ..... Ford continued into a dangerous situation.
THINK ABOUT IT
@@hotrodray6802 He's old and senile.
@@hotrodray6802 wtf was dangerous about that he was far from hitting any tail it wasn't even in the same parallel as him. Also he could see it obviously he won't crash into it. Sure it's not acceptable since there are rules on a runway but in no universe would he crash there. I dont get it..
in aviation getting this close is considered an incident and as such must be investigated. he could not crash into it but had anything else failed then maybe. also the investigation has to prove it was his mistake to land on C
Yes. It was. You however, were not.
ATC: "You landed on Charlie."
Ford: "Well why the hell was 'Charlie' on the runway?!"
"Yeah, just like in 'Nam"
Tower: "Sir, the odds of successfully navigating less than 100 ft above an airliner while landing on a taxiway is approxim-"
Ford: "Never tell me the odds!"
Underrated comment 👍
I was going to like your comment but it sits at 69, and I just can do it so I'll let some other nerd ruin it.
Sounds like C-3PO is an active ATC
I found the winning comment. I hoped against all hope it would be here.
What are the chances..I watched the movie again yesterday and today this video is in my recommended and I see this comment.
The FAA left him off with some counciling and a quiz, due to a clean 20 year record and full understanding and cooperation on this case. They specifically said that he isn't a mere weekend pilot like many other celebrities. So yeah this was a serious error but not worth revoking his license for in the greater scheme. And while he should have gone around after seeing a plane on where he believed his runway to be, he had full awareness of it, so the risk was much lower than the news made people believe.
just the comment I was looking for, thanks.
thanks for posting the results of it but I can't agree, he should have aborted the landing, imagine it's foggy and there's something else taxing 200m in front of him.... he had crashed the shit outta it cause in that moment he thought he's not doing anything wrong, in case in doubt pull it up imo.
I would not care to judge Mr. Ford harshly. Two accidents and one incident over many years flying is not far off the mark considering the type of flying involved. His heli crash during training is not unusual. Gliding a helicopter (autorotation) is a difficult skill to learn and maintain. I’ve personally seen a number of helicopters damaged or written off this way with fully qualified instructors at the controls. Kodos to Mr Ford for simply admitting “I broke it”. The golf course crash was an engine failure. No pilot error there. Finally, the taxiway landing; not dangerous, just embarrassing. Terribly embarrassing. I feel for the guy. I’m pilot, mechanic, flight instructor and maintenance professor. Helicopters and airplanes. Five forced landings, no crashes, no violations, no fines. Have I made mistakes over the years? Yup. I just didn’t end up on TH-cam.
@@darrylday30 Agree. I don't see most pilots coming down too hard on him.
@@paulhuizenga5006 According to the article you linked, neither incident was due to pilot error. The plane was an engine failure and the helicopter was a mechanical failure.
Crazy how pilots and ATC, accustomed to making sure they don't jam up the radio by talking over one another, seem to do completely the opposite on the phone.
Lol we *hate* answering the phone. Especially in position because the radio is usually blasting in the other ear.
radio kinda comes in and tells them to F them selfs and not talk over each other.
I mean, on radio, you literally can't talk over eachother even if you tried.
@@busteraycan well you can but no one will know what you said.
I'm a pilot but the delay on cell phones really trips me up. Easy to talk over someone.
9:45
737 Captain: oh cool, we’re getting a chance to see a Husky up close.
Life: be careful what you wish for.
TBF that 37 was safer sitting there in the path of Harrison landing on the taxiway than if it was in the air...
I'm certain that Harrison Ford will claim that the airliner shot first.
Wouldn't it be George Lucas claiming that?
MACLUNKEY!
@@bguerra4 Beat me to it haha
I love how the ATC just casually told ford to continue on Charlie like it was it was normal operations
Yeah they are, kinda, tactical thinking people. Ok he shouldn't be there but ATC handles the situation as is, not as it should be.
Like: ok so far I have never seen a real UFO from outer space but now there is one approahing so I give him vector for 20L and what was your callsign again?...
@@koborkutya7338 which is the right way to be someone who has to handle air traffic. Gotta deal with what’s happening, not what you want to be happening. If the damn space shuttle comes into your airspace needing an emergency landing, you give it vectors, clearance, clear a runway, and designate a taxiway for it to vacate. You don’t complain that it’s not supposed to be there until it crashes.
What else are they supposed to do “yeah sir, you fucked up, sit there, we’re shutting the whole airport down”
"Get off my Taxiway."
Afterwards he was offered a job by Air Canada.
grouchocatman RyanAir*
I thought RyanAir was the one for weird landings... they should have played their theme song when he touched down...
AHAHAHAHAHAHHAAAAAAA!
Or Air Transat
Oof nobody understood the Air Canada joke..
Pathetic
Reminds me of a certain scene from Indiana Jones and the last crusade:
“Indy I didn’t know you could fly a plane!”
“Fly, yes, Land? No”
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻😂
Hes says "Junior" not Indy.
His name is-
I’m done.
@@tlshortyshorty5810 Hey lady! You call him Dr. Jones!
RedJay Pictures 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂👌👌👌👌👌👌
Feel so sorry for the guy, can hear in his voice how gutted he was.
Don't have feelings for people because they have a lot of money? Nice logic.
***** People have issues no matter what amount of money they have. Kurt Cobain was in the same psychological torment while sitting in his mansion with a heroin needle in his arm that any penniless homeless addict would also be experiencing.
+Roelof Hetsen I'm assuming your a socialist. Just because people have money doesn't mean they aren't a person or don't have problems too. Most people with money just focused on that pursuit in their life, they made good decisions with that goal in mind, still humans at the end of the day. And no, the vast minority of wealthy people were not born wealthy.
for sure. he knew he &^cked up Big Time.
Yeah, but at the same time - you can't really afford to make mistakes of this magnitude when landing an airplane.
“You landed on Charlie.”
“Is he okay?”
Jajajaja!
Hahahaha XD
I have a cousin called Charlie XD
Bravo :)
@@Epic_Aviation haha I see what you did there
@@ajbemrose8259 😁
When talking to the tower, he sounded like I sound when I get pulled over for speeding. Like you know you screwed up and you have no idea how mean they're going to be to you. You could clearly hear he was upset with himself for it. The tower handled that whole thing really professionally. Kept totally calm, just get him where he needs to be and the guy he spoke to "no big deal, we've just gotta file the paperwork and review what happened." Man, could have been FAR worse. Glad no one was injured.
"FAR" I see what you did there ;)
American 1456 was NOT impressed lol.
mycroft16 yeah, could have been much worse. He could have been treated like any regular unknown pilot.
@@donnebes9421 if you're a pilot and make a mistake and admit it, as long as it wasn't intentional or display of severe grossful negligence, you will not be punished.
It's called just culture and it should be upheld everywhere in the world of aviation. Its installed everywhere, and it's a safety net for us pilots, if we fuck up and come clean and are honest nothing will happen, just filing some paperwork and the scare, of course repeating it will not look good.
If you get trashed for admitting your mistakes, go to the authority of aviation in the respective country and file an inquiry, because if we gotta be scared of the consequences of making mistakes, then a lot of us wouldn't wanna stay in the industry.
His kids should take away his keys. Dad, it's time.
One of the things I like about the Aviation industry is how professional and calm everyone is even when people make potentially very dangerous mistakes. Good job all around at the response to this.
A large part of that is that everybody knows it *will* be followed up, investigated and the person found responsible will face some sort of action, whether retraining, reprimand or more serious consequences. Not so when someone nearly kills you on the highway, and even if you can get the cops to take a report, it'll be dumped as "no harm, no foul" as soon as you're out the door.
Jeffrey Lebowski It is their job to be professional when doing coms. When in an emergency, which kind of voice do you want to hear? An panicky voice that sounds like he or she does not know what to do or an calm guiding voice which sound that he or she has this under control?
Anders Mostue If you want an emotional one, go listen to the 17 year old solo student whose main gear fell off the airplane at Beverly, MA. She did great, can you imagine? As for ATC in general, I've heard a lot of stuff on the air over the years that was absolutely hilarious! Also some scary things of course...
I was thinking a similar thought. That ATC was as cool as it comes. Dude lands on a taxiway and the ATC just keeps going like it happens all the time and no big deal. Didn't even say anything until he was asked what happened by the pilot.
The odds are the control tower staff will be unharmed. If you want to see them scream... there have been stories of people flying at the tower in protest...
In south america often passenger jets are under-filled, so there have been incidents of engine and power failures while the control tower is calmly holding them for a busy runway, with the pilots getting very agitated.
Control tower - relatively speaking - is low risk.
Other famous pilot last words: "Say, what's a mountain goat doing way up here in a cloud?"
I'm not going to comment on Mr. Ford's actions or piloting ability, but I did want to say that man, VASAviation did an awesome job on the editing for this video and it really shows. Thanks for putting all the information together in an easily digestible format.
Amen to that. They really do a great report and great visuals.
briansmobile1 minus the adds interrupting the video constantly. Unacceptable
Yeah, considering how much you paid to watch it, that's totally unacceptable.
Time is money
@@nakinajay there were ads?
2:40 According to Ford, he was preoccupied with the wake turbulence, and the sun glaring in his eyes, along with Charlie looking like a runway (other aircraft have made that mistake before). Ford made a simple mistake due to a number of factors and owned up to it. I'm glad that the FAA decided to simply reprimand him, rather than take any punitive action.
Except, Charlie looks absolutely nothing like a runway, just saying...
Came to say this. When I heard "beware wake turbulence Right" it was suddenly perfectly obvious why he landed in the taxiway: he either was so focused on avoiding that wake turbulence that he lined up on the taxiway, trying to get as far left as he could, or he actually encountered it, and by the time he recovered, he had been buffeted onto Charlie.
Either way, shitty spot to be in.
According to the NTSB report, ACA759 at SFO had already started climbing before the go-around order, so it wasn't ATC that avoided the accident. Given how close it was, had the pilot only reacted after the ATC order, it might very well have been too late.
I mean we've had 737 try to land at our small airport mistaking it for the international airport about 40 km away, even the professionals screw up
Going by the sat photos the right runway looks distinct from left and the taxiway, but left and taxiway look to be just about the same color surface. That's something the airport might be able to fix.
Harrison Ford: Sorry go ahead
John Wayne Airport: So a cou-
Harrison Ford: I was distracted the Airbus 😂😂
BubbaFilms lmao it reminded me of my grandpa. "Sorry son go ahead." Yeah so grandpa the other da..." so it was 1970 the world was a fun and exciting..." *damn it grandpa*
John Lennon k
Speculation here, but I thought he was walking somewhere (backpack, wind noise) and was talking to someone who needed to pass him when he said to go ahead.
@@kevinb.3656 hahahaha!!!
Kevin B. hahaha thats exactly what its like haha, poor harrison ford
"Yeah, hi, it's Husky 89HU. I'm the schmvck that landed on the taxiway earlier"
It's absolutely amazing how professional the air traffic controller is in this situation. I had been rudely reprimanded over the radio several times by ATC here in Canada for much, much lesser transgressions than almost causing a collision. Much respect for you, sir.
That is cause it was THE HARRISON FORD
@@uditabhattacharya2824 But he didn't know that when he started the conversation.
@@jic1 he most certainly knew that. They all likely know his tail numbers and the unique aircraft and any other extreme high-profile pilots out there. Ive seen Ton Cruise's Challenger quite a bit at John Wayne- and if I know this stuff they certainly do.
lol "Could I get your name and pilots license?"
"My name is Harrison Ford."
*SPIT TAKE*
You could hear the "ohhh" in the guy's voice when he said it haha.
Black box was recovered on the Husky Here are the transcripts
N89U: Cleared to land 20L, 89HU
*Sees AA bird on the Taxiway* : "Full reverse, Chewy lock in the auxiliary power....CHEWY LOCK IN THE AUXILIARY POWER!!!"
*Loud animal like wailing sound in background*
cripplehawk cmon how much weed did you smoke
Ford: “Was that airliner supposed to be under me”
ATC: “That’s a negative sir, he was holding short of the runway, you landed on Charlie”
Ford:”I landed on Charlie?”
ATC: “Yes and say parking?”
IDK why that made me laugh so hard.
Hahahahaha! It's like, "How dare that airliner get in the way of my epic FUBAR!"
Oh no, the dreaded " I have a number for you to call, ready to copy?"
LOL i don’t even like saying this
LOL those words will make any pilot pucker up. Fortunately, my dumbest mistakes were all at sleepy non-towered airports. :)
@@chrisharper80 Lol. Mine too, thank God 😁
@@chrisharper80 why? do they say that whenever yo ufuck up and need to fine you?
JohnnyCacao It can mean a few things, but often it means that the controller believes you make a mistake. They would usually tell you this by saying “possible pilot deviation, call the tower”. What happens after that depends on what you did and how pissed off the controller is. If you are lucky, maybe they will just give you a friendly reminder. If it’s more serious, then they would collect information and file a report with the FSDO (local FAA safety office). if that happens, most cases you would get an official warning or they might require you to take remedial training. If you did something reckless they could suspend or revoke your certificate. Usually that would be for very serious infractions or if you have a previous record of infractions. But sometimes they just want to clarify something. Maybe there was a misunderstanding or a disagreement they want to discuss. Or really anything else they want to talk about without tying up the radio frequency. Maybe they had problems reading your transponder or they just wanted to apologize for inconveniencing you because they were dealing with another situation.
"Han... is this your first Solo?!"
hahaha
You win...
😂
Chewie: that's not how I taught you to "fly casual "
Rofl
Harrison definitely understood the seriousness of this, and how close he came to disaster, had he been just a little shorter on his approach.
He did notice the jet, and would probably have avoided it?
When he realized his mistake, he understood that "it was a big deal".
@@rogerwilco2 I agree the Aviat Husky have excellent visability and they are pretty agile ... it's reasonable to think he would have been able to avoid a collision.
BS! He saw the plane and wasn’t going to land on or collide with it. PersonallyI would’ve gone missed. I mean, landing on a runway that’s already occupied is not the usual thing to do.
@@bigc208 He landed on a Taxiway, flying just 82 feet above the Tail of a passenger plane that was holding short of the active runway for clearance. Go to 3:40 through 3:56 for verification.
Well he's rich and famous so he kept his license, didn't he. Probably shouldn't have a license anymore after something like that.
In the simulator, I almost landed on the 'wrong' runway (Taxiway C) at KSNA just like Harrison Ford because those 2 asphalt islands on the left side of taxiway C from a distance look like the dominant black 'lane' and resemble the runway on the left side. And once you fixate on THAT being the runway, you're mind disregards visuals cues for the actual runway like the chevrons and "20L" for the actual runway.
Plus when Han Solo was lining up on Taxiway C, the American 738 wasn't blocking the taxiway at that time and was still slowly lurking along L. It was only once Ford was committed to landing did the 738 taxi underneath his glideslope, and it looked like Ford took minor evasive action by landing high and long, which is why he inquired about the airliner after he landed.
So definitely some mitigating factors in Ford's favor on this one.
Sir, the possibility of successfully clearing the tail of that 737 is approximately 3,720 to 1.
Never tell me the odds!
LOL. This one made me laugh and for that I am thankful.
From this recording, it seems like all parties involved were incredibly professional. You could tell that Mr. Ford owned the error from the get go; that goes a long way in my book.
Like he had a choice.
Jake Jones He had a choice. Almost any Hollywood narcissist would have blamed ATC or the airliner. It shows that he is attempting to be responsible --- especially so given his notoriety. He even subtle expressed that during the ATC communication exchange with ---> "It's a big deal to me" . If it was not a big deal we wouldn't even be watching this video.
Well we’re all glad you approved...we can all sleep better now knowing that...your SUMCK!
at a busier multirunway airport this could have been a HUGE deal. Im a fan and the way he handled it was awesome. But if he continues to fly he needs to stay away from busy airspace and frankly... airports
As the man said what else was his choice but to say the obvious? .. And very importantly you should know that we are not judged on what we do off airport.. who cares that most actors would blah blah blah.. he's a pilot.. be judged as a pilot.. what's wrong with you?
Low expectations for actors you have and me too but don't be a douche claiming that in this case he was stand up..
Nothing says he wasn't either but no need for unneeded praise..
I like Harrison but your comment is more dangerous than his mess up.
Good day
Air Traffic Controller: "Who is this? What's your operating number?"
Harrison Ford, Han Solo pilot: ""Uhhh... - *blasts* - boring conversation anyway. - - Luke!! We're gonna have company!!!"
Omg that's gold
GOLD
Oh I will never see that scene the same ever again!!!
OMG This is SO EPIC :-D
Ford sounds absolutely exhausted. I've been flying since the eighties and never heard such slow read backs.
@ Well, he is a plane and helicopter pilot so I think he knows a bit more than acting. One of my friends was in the same helicopter training school with Ford and said he was quite intelligent and a hard worker.
Probably stoned out of his mind haha
@@28russ sounds like it.
I think that's just what old sounds like. Getting old sucks but it beats the alternative.
Or had been drinking or on meds or had hypoxic episode?
You could tell by his voice that he was flustered and upset with himself. As a pilot who flies all over So Cal daily, I can understand his confusion. Navigating unfamiliar airfields can be tricky, especially when you're mingling with the big boys at Charlie's like SNA. Im sure he will keep his license and hopefully he does. Everyone I know that has met him at various FBO's have nothing but good things to say about him.
Yeah. I'm not a pilot but when I heard the news report, I could only think "how could anyone mess up a plane on the runway?" Seeing this - particularly how the AA plane had been moving - it's easy to see how the mistake could've been made.
Sloth55Chunk compassion is an admirable trait the truly good Pilots know when to give it up you're right it is confusing and tricky flying into unknown airports but it's even twice as bad if you're confused old man he needs to hang up his wings
He is an actor. He could easily faked it. haha
I did a quick search. No action was taken because of this incident. He sounded ... flustered. I can sympathize.
abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/harrison-ford-retains-pilot-license-restriction-faa-completes/story?id=46553182
True, but when you see a commercial airliner perpendicular to what you think is the runway, you can always wave off, go around and confirm with the tower that you are on the correct approach. It's not like he was landing on a grass field somewhere. . .
This is how smooth society should work..
The professionalism and camaraderie really is one of the best things about aviation.
@Frank Casey What are you working if I may ask?
@Frank Casey Ah ok. Yeah the IT-guys I know seem to be having a party half of the day over there in their section too.
love how he just went... yeah I'm the idiot who landed on the taxiway xD
i mean, when you land on a taxiway you must feel pretty dumb.
Yeah, don't hear the word schmuck very often these days.
Time is money, hes just getting he's short field landings in. We always used to practice passing an obstacle of 50ft then land as quick as possible. Once clear, chop the power and drop on the ground ;)
wolly k If true, you must have been military? Can’t see any reason civil aviators would even want to practice that skill, given you don’t actually want to fly that close to another plane. Military is a whole different story though since speed can become top priority.
@@newname4405 Short field landing is a mandatory landing technic for all civil pilots in the US. Basically ots to prove you can land the aircraft in the minimum landing distance from the aircraft manual. Im civil, just been teaching pilots to fly for a handfull of years. Obviously he fucked up and missed the runways. Edit: you dont do it over other airplanes ofcourse.
6:27 "Oh...." I think that's where the tower guy realises who it is.
He's very reassuring about the phone number privacy, I think because he's realised by then.
Just watched a video yesterday where a Commercial Airline pilot almost landed on the taxi way, but the ATC and the planes on the taxi way warned him just before he landed. So this is not exclusive to just private pilots.
Kevin Braden interesting. Commercial airliners in most major airports like onto a quiet slope that will intensely warn them if they’re off course. Smaller airports don’t have them, but there are systems in place to avoid it
Flying in he probably announced to himself "Get off my runway"
I wondered if anyone would make an Air Force One pun.
Kinda sounded like that’s what he was thinking lol. Was there supposed to be an Airbus on my runway lol
At the point where he saw the other aircraft he should have done a go around and contacted tower.
You have to love the fact he owned that by saying he was a schmuck. 😂😂😂
@ELY4 CP - Shmok is yiddish for penis. Shmok IS the origin of the word schmuck too, which means a foolish or contemptible person.
Time is money, hes just getting he's short field landings in. We always used to practice passing and obstacle of 50ft then land as quick as possible. Once clear, chop the power and drop on the ground ;)
Everybody's making fun of Harrison Ford, but they forget that a Air Canada heavy did the same thing a month earlier.
Wait a HEAVY landed ON THE TAXIWAY?? And there was no fatalities or damage? Cus I mean I can understand how a small plane like his might be fine but a HEAVY?!?!?! No way
@@sjeason Well, they almost did. Thanks to a United Captain noticing the Air Canada BEFORE the ATC, the Air Canada safely went around. Had the United captain not notice the Air Canada, it would’ve been the deadliest air disaster in the world to date.
Here’s the link to the incident: m.th-cam.com/video/ZW-ETmZU0u8/w-d-xo.html
@@BobbyDank1015 worse than Tenerife?
@@marcg210 yeah there were 4 airliners lined up behind one another on the taxiway
@@railyatra8879 oh yeah... definitely worse. 😳 didn't think of that.
I love how there is zero attitude when he calls up. The Controller accepts the incident and gets all the details and it's all about how to make sure it doesn't happen again. I'm sure he will get a slap on the wrist but aviation has a massive standing culture of not Imposing blame and I think many other Industries should adopt it
@Bobby Brady And making people want to hide these incidents out of guilt or fear of prosecution kills even more people and prevents changes from happening. One person at this aircraft safety speech stated that "There's no such thing as human error, only mistakes in the system that were overlooked". If human error could be a factor, then ideally you would design the system to seek out every possible way mistakes could be made and find ways to solve them. Humans aren't perfect and never will be so instead of giving blame to accidents you instead design a system that avoids mistakes as much as possible. Ever since aviation has switched to this kind of thinking there's been huge developments in pilot and passenger safety as well as pilots more willing to admit to their mistakes so training can be changed for the better.
Bobby Brady Even if he was blind and did manage to strike the tail of the AAL he probably would have only killed or injured himself, he was in a cub a Cubs landing speed is not very fast the worst he would have done was killed himself and damaged the tail of the other aircraft. Just saying...
@Bobby Brady "Harrison Ford is clearly too old to be flying."
*high. I don't think his age is an issue. Think he misunderstands the age-old adage "Don't drink and drive, smoke and fly!"
@Bobby Brady The culture is that blame is not absolute. There is certainly still "blame". If you do not look further than the obvious faults then you miss what you can do about it to stop it happening again. If you cross a one-way street and get run over by a driver going the wrong way up it. Sure, the driver is at fault, but, you should learn from that to always look both ways regardless. If you don't learn that then some other person driving the wrong way will end up killing you.
So whilst the fault certainly lies with Harrison here, the solution to that problem should go far more widespread. Taking his licence away will not stop a similar incident from ever happening again. In fact, he is probably now the least likely person to ever land on the taxiway ever again. Investigations will certainly be made to determine what airports can do to make it clearer, what pilot training / re-training can be done to make people more familiar with larger airports, or they remove the risk entirely by stopping light aircraft from sharing alongside commercial.
I remember a story I heard a few years back from Jackson Hole Wyoming where two hikers got stranded and they needed to call in a rescue chopper. The chopper flies in abd and the pilot hops out, and the hikers jaws hit the ground:
They were being rescued by Han Solo. Ford did chopper work in Wyoming.
Nice one, I'd never heard or read about that, for others| www.google.co.uk/amp/s/abcnews.go.com/amp/Entertainment/action-star-harrison-ford-rescues-hiker/story%3fid=116341
👍🏻
*Coming out of Light Speed is always hairy.*
bikeracerdude As hairy as a Wookie?
😁😁
😂😂
Especially on a short final. I mean he did far better here than he did at Starkiller Base.
Hyperspace skipping in a Husky
*interrupts* "... I'm sorry, go ahead.." *immediately continues with interruption*
It seemed a bit muffled to me, like he turned and talked to someone else.
Adrenaline.
@@patton303 plus old
I noticed that too lmao. He sounds like a prick
@@beieber4life he's not. When you know you screwed up your nerves go to shit and your brain gets befuddled. Sometimes when people are stressed they're less than graceful. If it hasn't happened to you yet, it will someday.
I found the huge green airplane flying past the screen hilarious for some reason. Good work on all your videos, thanks for what you do.
Glad you liked :)
I cracked up laughing at that, too! LOL
I think the tower controller should talk faster. He's not quite unintelligible.
I understood him just fine.
@@SVSky cool story bro.. Half his words are ran together and difficult to understand especially for a foreigner
@@TheFrogInYourClosetWatchingYou That's how they communicate. Quick and to the point. Pilots are trained in ATC communications, so it only sounds like gibberish to non-pilots. Also, English is the standard international language for aviation.
@@TheFrogInYourClosetWatchingYou foreign pilots need to be proficient in English to operate an aircraft.
ATC speech flawless
Han Solo's age at time of this incident was 74/75 years old...
...the older we get the slower we move the slower we listen...
Not easy to locate, but most sources list FAA maximum age professional flying 65... Recreational maximum age unknown
I lost it at continue on charlie. Yea, no shit. lol
That could have been way worse though. Thankfully it wasn't.
hah i know, hilarious
3:38
N89HU: was that airliner
meant to be underneath me?
SNA Tower: negative, he’s
holding short of runway 20 left; you landed on Charlie.
N89HU: (long pause) I landed
on Charlie?
SNA Tower: that’s affirmative
sir, and say parking?
N89HU: (long pause) I’m going
to signature east.
SNA Tower: continue on
Charlie and then hold short of Hotel.
No Sir, you were not meant to be above it.
Don't "misunderestimate" Hans Solo and his Millennium Falcon ;)
HAHAHAHAHAHAH Continue on charlie hahahahaha so funny
In 1980, I was a lineman for Beechcraft West @ VNY. Harrison Ford went up with one of our instructors several different times, in a Beech Sport 150. I don't recall if this was his initial flight instruction towards his PPL or not. I had the pleasure of meeting and chatting with Mr. Ford on several occasions while fueling his plane and he was doing his pre-flight, and he was very nice and down to earth. I'm not sure how he is now as that was 40 years ago.
I like how the controller just casually said “you landed on Charlie”
06:28 "Oh..." ... The moment the penny drops!
YES THAT Harrison Ford :) you can hear the lights flashing up lol
Best moment of the entire video :-D
Yes, I just listened to that part again. I'm sure everyone else knew that the actor Harrison Ford was flying that plane but the guy talking on the phone with Ford probably just heard "some old guy in a Husky blew it." Listen to it again. When Ford says *those* words, he switches to his Harrison Ford, the Actor voice and he sounds 20 years younger!
Everyone is so polite in communications in the aviation world.
Spladam apart from jfk atc 😂
It's about life and death, and they know anger don't help you shit
Because we are true professionals.
Y’all are forgetting they know they are being recorded and any unprofessionalism can go against them.
@@matthewread9001 youve apparently never listened to recordings of jfk atc
The lady was so happy with the other pilot, she even asked for his phone number at the end
@Fritz 43 ONG YOU GOT WOOOWOOOOSHED MY GUY
Just A German, yes! 🤣🤣🤣
So is this the ship that made the landing run in less than 12 parsecs?
No wonder he was able to cut the run by so much, he freakin' landed on the taxiway XD
No this is not that ship, and these are not the droids you're looking for
@@GGPCTU Kessel run
He made the landing in less than 1 runway
Its not like dusting crops, you hit a star that will end your trip
That ATC is awesome! "You landed on Charlie. Say your parking?" 😂
As always, it is more important to find out reasons why an incident happens and institute corrections then to just slap fines and legal problems on pilot violators. Most of the time if a violation occurs and the proper reports are timely filed little or no action is taken against pilots. This rule exists because it is more important to find solutions to problems and err on the side of safety. If a pilot has to worry about trouble and fines they may not want to be so forthcoming with the truth.
Finally someone with some sense and (apparently) some experience in the comment thread. Honest mistake that is easy for a single pilot to make at a busy airport. Pilots are target-fixated on short final. Lots of armchair quarterbacking from people that don't understand the situational awareness suck that landing is. Anyway, absolutely right. Re-train mistakes, punish crimes.
maybe punish amrchair quarterbacks?
Haha, it is tempting, isn't it?! Anyway, I figure people ought to be allowed to say what they feel. It's just seems like a lot of people act like the could never make a mistake in an airplane, then further think punishment would either somehow undo a committed one or prevent a future one. No one is landing on a taxiway because they're trying to get away with it ha! But probably best to ignore the angry comments and move along...
you area absolutelly right, the chapecoense soccer team incident was a prime example of why fines are no substitute for regulations and rule enforcement
How many "honest mistakes" does one pilot get? And, I'm not an armchair pilot. Private pilot with 10 years experience. Why would an actor get treatment any different from the rest of us?
Don't know why he bothered with taxiway CHARLIE, he could have landed directly in the parking area with the STOL performance of the Husky.
Tbh it should be allowed
I used to work at a regional airport and we had a Piper Cub that would land on a perpendicular taxiway that led directly to the ramp
9hu requesting landing clearance at Sig East.
...
"You just landed on Charlie". Ya gotta be thinking "Jesus Christ tell me I didn't just hear that."
"I'm the schmuck that landed on the taxiway earlier."
Dunno why, but I found that funny.
He probably didn't want to say his name right away.
Yeah, the name-blame-game will come soon enough. He faced the music, head on.
Glad to hear he acknowledged his fault, blamed himself, coorporated fully, and want it squared away the right way. Not 'pulling ranks' with 'you know who I am.?'.
Probably an honest mistake in such a small plane, with everything being up to the pilot himself and not covered by computers.
Great guy. ☺ Wouldn't mind going for a flight with him.
@@PJ-kj3ef Only if Chewie is copilot.
Humility will receive forgiveness every time. It might not get your license back, but....
"Continue on charlie" must be one of the greatest lines I've ever heard
I love how he didn’t try and use his identify as a way to get him out of trouble. He didn’t even bring his name up until he was asked for it.
That would have been something.
“You landed on the taxiway, that’s extremely dangerous and illegal”
“Yeah, but I’m Harrison Ford.”
"Sir the probability of surviving landing on a taxiway with a plane on it is-"
"Never tell me the odds!"
The downside of being a celebrity. Every mistake is amplified.
@@dahlin9203 Yes, really. What are you, dense? If you get a DUI, the only person who's gonna give a shit are people who care about you. If Harrison Ford gets a DUI, he's on TMZ for a week straight -- probably the NYT too.
"its an older code but it checks out sir" ......... "see i told you they were gonna let us through"
Just remember we all make mistakes, just glad nothing was bent and nobody was hurt except for his pride of being a pilot.
I would not be able to be a pilot. They talk Way too fast. I would be like: "What!?"
Spaceman good to recognize.
Trust me we were all like "what?" When we started
It takes a lot of practice to get good on the radios
@@jasonvitale5911is speaking that fast required all the time? and what do the newer people do? are they that good by the time they become certified?
i only recently started on watching some ATC vids and i'm only very very slowly learning what everything means. _very_ slowly. without the subtitles, i'd be completely lost. so i feel you.
Beezeecade you’ll get used to it. Your flight instructor will most likely handle the radio until you’re more comfortable with it.
I love hearing professionals. I'm an it guy and love working with professionals. You talk with people you do not know and instantly have a mutual agreement and understanding on what it's all about. HF as well, even though he tried some facesaving.
The amount of professionalism is impressive in aviation. I guess they also suffer from financial pressure. In IT, the road leads to "do quick and crappy work, do outsourcing, collect signatures, all is fine, the rest is insurance".
Air Traffic Control: What's going on down there? Come in!
Harrison Ford: Uh, everything is under control. Situation normal.
ATC: What happened?
HF: [flustered] Uh, had a slight landing malfunction. But, uh, everything's perfectly all right now. We're fine. We're all fine here, now, thank you. How are you?
It has been a boring conversation anyway
Who else is here after Ford's latest near-miss at Hawthorne?
Yep, just heard about it.
We here!
This video is how I found out
Yeah somebody needs to introduce that man to Microsoft flight sim 2020.
Wait what? Gotta check that now too :)
Man, Harrison sounds so sad. :(
probably pissed himself
Pretty sure he understood that he almost killed himself and probably a few more on the ground. I'm impressed he never tried to do anything but own his mistake. But of course almost all pilots are a bread apart. I'm not a pilot btw. But I know several.
@@nbt3663 "But of course almost all pilots are a bread apart." Indeed. Most are a full loaf above. ;)
@@nbt3663 Of course he is pissed ,besides the fact that he could killed everybody involved ,he was on the edge of loosing his licence, you can't joke with that nobody cares who you are in these meters
@@adriantudor4707 yes. I agree. My point is people of influence and perceived power ($$$) usually try to pull rank to get out of a situation. Yet Ford doesnt. It's just refreshing to see his attitude. Nobody is ever happy when they make a mistake. But that's why the call them accidents.
He knew it was a bigger deal..coz it would be all over the media, probably even the embarrassing audio on YT soon..Ppl make mistakes, I know he's a great pilot, seen him operate the millennium falcon like no-one ever..he had a big walking carpet as a copilot, but still..
"Get off my runway!" - Harrison Ford
Nope :-) Get of my taxiway :-D
The fact that tower said "continue on Charlie"😂😂
I could hear the hesitation in his voice when saying it haha. I bet he was like ( am I really saying this? )
Excellent work +VASAviation! Especially the phone calls!
Given how this all turned out, the FAA wouldn't really see it fitting to pull Ford's license. Some training maybe, but he knew exactly when he messed it up. It's a safe bet that he's learned from that mistake, and it won't happen (to him) again. Need I remind all of you that Ford's not the only one! A Delta bird landed on Taxiway Mike in ATL a few years back. Another Delta flight took off out of Montrose, CO not using CTAF, opposite direction and nearly mid-aired with a Citation just broken out of the clouds on the proper instrument approach. Mistakes happen. The FAA is not in the business of yanking certificates -- unless they obviously have to! This incident was benign. SNA is a tight-space airport anyway -- easy for mistakes to be made. Just don't let it happen to you!
I wanna pull all your drivers' licenses next time you run a stop sign, tailgate, don't use headlights in the rain, text at 40 mph... Yeah, it's the same thing. #RemoveTheEyeLog
Thanks for your comment, Jason ;)
Exactly.
Well...sort of the same thing, but the consequences are very different, hence airmen are rightly held to a much higher standard of performance. You could analogize blowing through a hold line to running a stop sign, but we need to acknowledge that pilot deviations like that ARE a big deal and not minimize the potentially catastrophic consequences for ourselves and hundreds of other people for those kinds of mistakes.I am not advocating sitting him down, as someone else wrote, he won't make that mistake again; however a check ride might not be a bad idea.
well FAA has spoken. no penalties
sunny71169 It might be to that level of danger, but it is was not a malicious on-purpose kind of mistake that would have to be so I agree more with the first comparison.
Beautiful
"Take your time. Its no big deal."
"Well, it's a big deal to me"
6:28 Oh
(You're THAT Harrison Ford)
You know when the controller realized it's Harrison Ford, he's covering the mouthpiece of the phone mouthing silently to the other controllers " It's Harrison Ford." At least he didn't try to play the " Do you know who I am?" game.
enumrob He mumbled his name. He didn’t want them to know that he’s THAT Harrison Ford.
Well atleast he wasn't an ass about it, admitted his mistake and realized how serious it was. If I had the money he had I'd build my own little airstrip, and not have to worry about landing at large ones dealing with traffic and multitasking with radio and holding patterns.
So you'd build 1 in every city? he doesn't just land at home. He goes places lol
With blackjack and hookers...
Sorry, couldn't resist.
Now bite my shiny metal @$$.
Atleast he wasn't an ass about it? I mean what would he have complained about? Charlie being on his runway? There was absolutely nothing he could complain about. He fucked up, just him. Everyone did what they were supposed to. He didn't have any leeway to be an ass.
@@DipenTiwari Not just him, the controller didn't notice he was about to land on Charlie...
And as far as i know, the controllers are supposed to know where all of the aircrafts are at all times.
@@DipenTiwari Nowadays not having any leeway to be an ass doesn't stop people from being an ass - especially celebrities. Makes HF's conduct almost refreshing to see.
I gotta say - you missed a treat when you didn’t replace the green plane with a millennium Falcon. 😉
Absolutely!