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Small Plane Makes Dramatic Crash Landing Just Feet From Golfers: ‘Holy F—!’
@Source: people.com
A small plane made a dramatic crash landing on a historic Los Angeles golf course on Friday, May 2, as players looked on.
The Cessna 172 aircraft was meant to land at the nearby Santa Monica Airport, but instead had a bumpy landing on the golf course of the Riviera Country Club approximately 6 miles north. The crash landing occurred at 12:45 p.m. local time on Friday, May 2, after the pilot reported engine issues, per the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
The Los Angeles Fire Department confirmed that the three passengers on board were uninjured, per KTLA. Video of the landing, shared to X, captured stunned golfers watching on in horror, with one saying, "I'm not moving," while another shouted, "Holy f---! Are they okay?"
The video showed the plane coming in at a low angle. It bounced off the green and a pathway several times before coming to a stop upright mere feet from several golfers.
PEOPLE reached out to the Riviera Country Club and the FAA for official statements, but did not immediately hear back. The passengers aboard the aircraft are yet to be identified.
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A decade ago in 2015, Harrison Ford survived a similar crash landing in his personal vintage aircraft. The vintage yellow fighter plane, made circa World War II, crashed at Penmar Golf Course, also nearby the Santa Monica Airport. Ford was 72 at the time, and the only person onboard the plane.
“Harrison was flying a WW2 vintage plane today which had engine trouble upon take off,” a rep for Ford said in a statement at the time. “He had no other choice but to make an emergency landing, which he did safely. He was banged up and is in the hospital receiving medical care. The injuries sustained are not life threatening, and he is expected to make a full recovery.”
The Santa Monica City Commissioner at the time, Phil Brock, told PEOPLE that the star sustained a head injury. “There were two doctors who had been at the golf course who first attended to Mr. Ford and the Santa Monica Fire Department was the first to arrive,” Brock said.
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