UPDATE 2! Harrison Ford Injured in Crashed Plane – Currently in a Stable Condition.
Last year, Harrison Ford infamously broke an ankle during the production of The Force Awakens – and while the injury itself was fairly moderate in the grand scheme of things, many hoped that this would be the last of the many injuries he’s sustained. Unfortunately, news has just broken out that the 72-year-old actor has just crash-landed unexpectedly, and is in a serious (though not critical) condition.
From Screen Crush:
This is absolutely harrowing news: iconic actor and living legend Harrison Ford has been critically injured in a plane crash. The plane crash-landed in Venice, California today and Ford was subsequently rushed to the hospital where his condition is currently critical. Ford, who’s been reprising his role in the new series of Star Wars films and recently signed on for the long-gestating Blade Runner sequel, is 72 years old—making his enduring dedication to these franchises even more remarkable.
Ford had been flying a plane by himself when it malfunctioned, leading him to crash on a golf course. After the crash, Ford walked away from the wreckage with several head injuries. Though this comes at a shock, as Ford is an experienced pilot and has survived a few crashes before, there is a silver lining to it in that the actual injury itself wasn’t as severe as initially reported.
UPDATE: NBC News is reporting that Ford’s condition has been downgraded to “fair to moderate.” According to NBC Los Angeles, “Ford’s injuries were originally described as ‘critical,’ but sources emphasized that they are better characterized as serious, including lacerations to the head and possible fractures.”
It currently sounds as though Harrison Ford will survive his injuries, but he is still in an unstable state at this point in time. After the recent death of Leonard Nimoy, it would be a tragedy to potentially lose another great actor to unforeseen dangers. From the team at Star Wars 7 News, our hearts and prayers go toward Harrison Ford and his family.
UPDATE!
According to Ford’s son, Ben, Harrison is most likely going to be all right. Let’s hope that he has a quick recovery.
At the hospital. Dad is ok. Battered, but ok! He is every bit the man you would think he is. He is an incredibly strong man.
— Chef Ben Ford (@ChefBenFord) March 6, 2015
Thank you all for your thoughts and good vibes for my dad. — Chef Ben Ford (@ChefBenFord) March 6, 2015
UPDATE 2!
And some words from his Star Wars co-stars:
Glad to hear Harrison is doing well. Get well soon. May all his future flights be green-screen! — Mark Hamill (@HamillHimself) March 6, 2015
From Critical > Severe > Moderate > Fair in the span of an hour. Is #HarrisonFord Han Solo or Wolverine? #NeverTellMeTheOdds — Peter Mayhew (@TheWookieeRoars) March 6, 2015
Harrison Ford’s condition continues to improve. Yet another miraculous comeback form the scruffy looking nerf herder.
Carrie Fisher and Billy Dee Williams joined the others and sent a message to Ford:
“I know you have incredible bounce back, please take a bounce break for awhile. Can I drive next time?” Fisher told PEOPLE
Wishing a complete and restful recovery to #HarrisonFord
— Billy Dee Williams (@realbdw) March 6, 2015
Also despite the crash Ford’s flying skills were lauded by flying experts.
(via WestSideToday):
“He did an excellent job,” veteran flight instructor Liz Destaffany told the Los Angeles Times. “You try to do a controlled descent, maintain airspeed and look for a safe place to land.”
“I would say that this is an absolutely beautifully executed – what we would call – a forced or emergency landing, by an unbelievably well-trained pilot.”
Grant has been a fan of Star Wars for as long as he can remember, having seen every movie on the big screen. When he’s not hard at work with his college studies, he keeps himself busy by reporting on all kinds of Star Wars news for SWNN and general movie news on the sister site, Movie News Net. He served as a frequent commentator on SWNN’s The Resistance Broadcast.
Prays go out to Ford and his family.
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The Los Angeles Fire Department would not identify the pilot injured in the crash, but said he was initially helped by bystanders on the golf course.
The Los Angeles Fire Department said the lone victim in the crash was conscious following the crash and listed in “fair to moderate” condition.
This is the media turning this into more than it is with words like “critical”. Clickbait at it’s worst.
While his injuries are serious they were never critical as evidenced by walking away from the scene of the crash and being conscious.
As for Harrisons opinion of the media.
What is news? It’s hard to quantify. Certainly news has changed completely, and the morning shows are not really designed to bring you the news, except to tell you what happened overnight, and the rest of it is a kind of magazine mentality – a little bit of this, a little bit of that. It’s harder to be an educated and informed citizen.
Harrison Ford
I didn’t see any mainstream media sites using words like “critical.” All of them said “moderate condition.” Which sounds like a pretty, well, moderate response to me…
Aye it wasn’t critical from the peeps on the ground. In the UK the media outlets Sky and BBC were having a field day with the “Critical” state he was in but whenever they cut to the actual scene everyone giving statements did not use “critical condition” at any point. Media Hype tactics!
I hope he recovers well and my thoughts will be with him at this time. Good Luck Han ol’buddy 🙂
CBS used the title, “Harrison Ford Critically injured in plane crash!”
News is what is new.
Journalism is something altogether different.
My heart goes out to Harrison and his family and is really good news to hear that his injures are not as serious as first reported, thanks SW team for the update! To be joking with paramedics regarding taking off but not so great at landing lol is a sure indication that Harrison will pull through as he has done in the past. It would almost be ironic, if the fate of Han Solo’s destiny in the Force Awakens is to crash n burn, Slow down Harrison, we’re not ready yet!!
Prayers to Mr Ford, for a speedy and complete recovery.
Now…no more bad decision making or taking risks Mr Ford, you have a family that wants you around, including your extended fandom.
In the last few minutes there have been several reports that claim that Mr Ford is in much better shape than initially reported. While it looks like he suffered some fairly serious injuries they do not appear to be life threatening. Fingers crossed that these latest stories are accurate.
Best wishes to Harrison and his family…Get well soon!
He seems like the kind of guy who would spend his ride to the hospital worrying about his plane. Hope he pulls off a speedy recovery!
In August 2012, lifelong pilot and writer Richard Bach (76 at the time) during a landing attempt at San Juan Island, WA, flipped and crashed his SeaRey Amphibian. Passersby found him hanging in the cockpit, bloodied and unconscious, and he was transported to Seattle’s Harbourview Medical Centre.
He woke from the coma a week later. The injuries, including head trauma, had been severe.
After a challenging recovery, not only is Bach flying again, he is now writing his next book.
If Richard can do it, Harrison can.
Please God he is ok.
He should have flown the Millennium Falcon instead!
Glad Harrison Ford is ok.
No wonder Harrison hates star wars, with plagues like this, foot injury and now this.
I’m more convinced Han solo will die in SW 7 now.
Harrison is tough he’ll make it!
I remember when Joan Rivers was reported as going to hospital and was in a critical condition. There’s always a lot of confusion when media get involved. Everyone presumes it’s all an overreaction for headlines and they just automatically expect a full recovery. I wish I was so naive. A plane crash is a bloody plane crash. Also considering his age, I wonder how he is. Hopefully their isn’t head injuries. People often walk away from a car crash but have internal bleeding in the head which they don’t even notice. Scary news. Reassuring tweets from his son though.
Looks like he was trying to make the green in under 4-par secs.
That was so bad it’s actually funny!!
from the horses mouth.
Chef Ben Ford @ChefBenFord 8m8 minutes ago
At the hospital. Dad is ok. Battered, but ok! He is every bit the man you would think he is. He is an incredibly strong man.
Praying or you.
He’ll be fine, 2 doctors were golfing & helped him. I think he clipped a tree, crash landing doesn’t look too bad.
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/harrison-ford-injured-plane-crash-n318301
http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/Aircraft-Incident-Reported-in-Santa-Monica-295247581.html
May the force be with you Mr. Harrison Ford!
He doesn’t believe in the force at all, but come one, he drunk from the holy grail, he’s gonna be fine 🙂
Ford radioing engine failure?
https://soundcloud.com/buzzfeednews/harrison-ford-radioing-in-engine-failure
Poor guy can’t catch a break. He is just getting over the broken ankle injury!
My heart was heavy when I read the news. I hope he will have a very speedy recovery!
http://mobile.news.com.au/entertainment/books-magazines/harrison-ford-injured-in-vintage-fighter-plane-crash/story-fn9412vp-1227250780001
Apparently a member of Ford’s family says he’s fine and just suffered a few cuts.
Dude, what is this TMZ? Take that garbage ass headline down. How about, Harrison Ford Injured in Plane Crash.
Injured Seriously? Isn’t it “Seriously Injured”
Stop trying to gain traffic using headlines, and freaking the fans out.
Do you seriously think I would exploit views with something that I wrote on the spur of the moment for something as serious as this? I wasn’t going for a clickbait title – if I were, I would have immediately jumped on the “critical condition” bandwagon that everybody spewed instead of actually looking into more recent updates.
This was breaking when I typed it, and I did clarify in the description (which you clearly did not read) that it wasn’t a fatal injury. If you’re going to argue over something as minor as semantics instead of focusing on the fact that Harrison Ford could have been killed, then kindly question your priorities and back off.
This, my friend, is a blog relating to Star Wars news and information. It’s hardly expected to have Pulitzer award winning writing.
…But I can damn well try.
(I also find it hilarious that the award for ethical journalism is named after a guy with extremely questionable journalistic practices. Oh, the ironies of history.)
Neither my previous post nor this one are meant to be derogatory. I was wondering if you wrote pieces not related to Star Wars; something a little more interesting.
The fact that you know who Pulitzer is and some relevant background intrigues me.
Not that Star Wars isn’t a noble topic to write about…
No offense taken!
So far, my writing has only been confined to stuff I’ve had to do for school/college, some wiki editing, or forum posts.
Harrison Ford is okay, at first it was critical, but now its Fair so he is going to get better.
Give your prayers to Harrison Ford!
Han Solo has endured much worse crash-landings than this. He’ll be fine.
Or how about, when he comes around, Ford Awakens.
Best wishes to friends and family
http://youtu.be/CvcpFTLZwrU
CNN said… he was flying solo…. (im not kidding they actually said that)
It was a two cockpit airplane, very obvious in the pictures. There was nobody else aboard, so, indeed, he was flying solo.
It’s a pun that sort of had to be made, although it’s already tedious.
sorry… was just making light of the situation…
Nevertheless, he’s no good to me dead
Single cockpit. 2 seats.
So did NBC which at the time was reporting he was critical. So I think it was kind of tacky at the time….
Oh my he is having a bad run.. best wishes for his speedy recovery. Time to take up ceramics, perhaps?
He’ll be fine.
“Come on Han old buddy don’t let me down”
Glad Harrison is ok. He is an amazing guy and would be missed sorely.
Someone needs to freeze this guy in carbonite until Star Wars is over.
My thoughts exactly haha
If he survives the freezing process, that is.
Jeeze Ford must have the worst luck ever!
or the best
Too bad there wasn’t a raft boat on board. He could’ve grabbed a blond lady and a Chinese kid and jumped out of the plane in the raft boat.
So glad Ford will be ok. I had no idea there was a Blade Runner sequel in the works, woo hoo!!!
Where the hell was Chewie?! Never around when you need him…
Man, can this guy get any cooler?!
The dude is Han Solo in real life too!
Nah, Han’s got nothing on Ford. Also Ford always preferred the Indy Jones comparison better
“Fly? Yes. Land? No”
-Indy
They say it was a Solo flight….
He couldn’t get the Leia the land….
(lay of… leia… get it?)
He can’t quite make the greens anymore, just like Tiger Woods…
Fly, yes. Land, no.
This would NOT have happened if Chewy had been with him.
3PO should have told him the odds…..
This is when a Wookiee co-pilot is useful. Hope he recovers soon!
No, the last thing those old planes need it a 7-foot tall weight on the left side, the aelerons would be wrecked trying to correct the imbalance.
Nobody delete no Rip Torn
Sounds like he’s coming through all right. Still, I am kind of doubting his piloting skills by now. There might just be a world of difference between Han Solo and Harrison Ford. Who would’ve thought?
As prayers have been proven time and again to be ineffectual, I won’t pray for him, but instead I’ll hope for the best and I am sure he’ll be all right, after all he’s physically pretty healthy for his age.
The engine in his plane failed and he was forced to make a crash landing, avoiding residential homes, finding the golf course and avoiding golfers resulting in no injuries but his own.
In 2001 he piloted a helicopter to rescue a lost boy scout.
In 2000 he did the same to rescue a stranded mountain climber.
Ford usually volunteers during forest fire season as there is a usually a shortage of pilots.
Not a good pilot? I’d rather have him in the cockpit than, say, anyone from Malaysia.
Not to mention he did the Kessel Run in 12 parsecs.
man flies the Millenium Falcon…ofcourse he’s fine…he was probaly bored and tried to end a dull flight..
Ford is a true hero in real life, not just in the movies.
Hope to see him bouncing back soon.
Harrison Ford is, I assume, a good pilot. He obviously knew that he had to land somewhere that would minimise damage and potential harm to others, it’s sad it was him but really anyone who was in that situation and followed crash landing procedures regardless of their own immediate safety would be doing the right thing. Basically he did what he was trained to do, just like any other pilot.
That’s the mark of a good person, it just happens to be him there’s nothing that should set him apart from say you or I. But I am glad he got out ok and that he has a speedy recovery which is what anyone deserves.
Live life to the full sir and all the best.
He forgot to re-activate the hyper drive ?
No, he forgot to replace the negative power coupling.
The Force is weak in this one….
It’s hard to Believe the pilot of the Millenium Falcon would crash when he can fly inside the Death Star!
Hopefully, he will be back in shape soon.
Harrison seems like one of those guys who will survive everything, there is a lot of Indiana Jones in him 🙂
Slave 1 was seen leaving the area of the crash
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He will be fine in no time. He is a tough SOB. Him at 72 = average 42 year old
Also don’t forget he flew the Kessel run in under 12 parsecs, so he knows how to fly and survive
Harrison Ford is the Chuck Norse of science fiction/fantasy, he’ll be okay. 🙂
Harrison Ford is the fictional internet Chuck Norris, only in real life.
theres never a giant yellow inflatable dinghy around when you need one
I don’t really think you can do anything other than “expectantly” crash land.
Ford is a true aviator. He did a great job getting the plane down and I am happy to hear his injuries weren’t major. Too damn bad about the plane though. Trainer was the exact opposite of a “hunk of junk.”
“You know how to fly don’t you?”
“No… You? How hard could it be?”
I about lost it for an hour there, frigging SPOCK AND HAN SOLO IN ONE WEEK NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!! damn news reporting him in critical condition about put ME in critical condition. what a frigging last few months its been. so much bad news from friends, family and our heroes. Hey universe, lighten up a little k thnx!! how about a few months of smooth sailing and maybe even some good news. #everyonebesafeandpeacefulandenjoylife
This shit happens when you have exravagant richmans hobbies, a guy at his age should know it better, nonetheless I wish him a fast recovery and none permanent damages.
ok i didn’t read all the comments so if someone else picked up on this already then i appologize in advance. but…. anyone else see some foreshadowing in mark hamill’s comment??? may all his future flights be green screen… is he suggesting that ford will be back in the next star wars and once again on the set doing green screen flights?? maybe i’m reading way too much into this… but who knows… just caught me as odd..
Broken his ankle (again) and his pelvis apparently…
“Harrison Ford underwent surgery to repair a broken ankle and pelvis following his death-defying plane crash in California on Thursday, it was reported.”
New York Times
Ford is awesome! He is more hardcore than Han and Indy combine lol he should have made the jump to light speed
“It’s hard to Believe the pilot of the Millenium Falcon would crash when he can fly inside the Death Star!”
Uh… It was actually Lando and Nien Nunb who flew the Falcon inside the second Death Star, Bobba. And if you were referring to the first Death Star, Han never really flew inside; he was hiding under the Falcon’s deck plating while the tractor beam pulled the ship into a hangar bay.
Perhaps the TESB asteroid sequence would have been a better example of Han’s piloting skills?
First, I want to say that I’m glad Harrison Ford is not hurt bad. My prayers go out to him and his family, but here’s the last transmission before the crash. ” No, I don’t have a landing permit. I’m trying to reach Lando Calrissian.” Laser blasts rock his plane. ” Whoa, wait a minute, let me explain!”
The force is strong with this one..
Ford is the best!
He needs to stop with the risky behaviors. He almost killed himself flying some piece of shit airplane.
Glad he’s ok, but please stop with the stunts before you really get hurt!
whats the point in having the cash to do mad shit if you then dont do mad shit with it?
live a long boring life nice and safe , or do mad shit that may or may not get you killed cos its fun ……. i go with mad shit every time.
Next time don’t fly solo! take me with ya,I am not as hairy as your OTHER co pilot,get well soon love you very much wildman!
He should’ve at least brought along a snake to co-pilot.
*Insert Indy / Sam L. joke.*
I am glad to hear he is stable and in recovery. I wish him and his family well.
There’s a new rumor floating around that Ford thought he saw Jason Ward walking on the golf course and tried to crash in to him kamakazee style if anyone has heard about this please elaborate.
Get well soon, Harrison!
Leonard nimoy was a smoker his whole life. He died from it. That’s what happens when you smoke kids.
Harrison Ford was Han Solo in Star Wars movies and he also was Indiana Jones too
Bing this post has nothing to do with Mr Nimoy!
OF COURSE it was an excellent job executed by an ‘unbelievably well-trained pilot’!!
He’s HAN SOLO for God’s sake!!!
get well soon!!!
Nice ear stud… :/
haha