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posted by n1 on Friday March 06 2015, @01:45AM   Printer-friendly
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Breaking News: Harrison Ford hospitalized after plane crash, Harrison family member reports that Harrison Ford will live, having suffered some cuts and bruises.

Actor Harrison Ford was hospitalized Thursday afternoon after a single-engine plane he was piloting crashed onto a Venice golf course shortly after takeoff.

[...] Aerial footage of the minutes after the crash showed the small single-engine vintage World War II trainer plane crashed on the ground at Penmar Golf Club, and one person being treated by paramedics and being transported to a hospital.

More information, including a picture of the plane can be found here.

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  • (Score: 5, Funny) by unzombied on Friday March 06 2015, @01:49AM

    by unzombied (4572) on Friday March 06 2015, @01:49AM (#153691)

    Any truth to the rumor there were snakes on the plane?

    • (Score: 2, Funny) by midacre on Friday March 06 2015, @02:21AM

      by midacre (5116) on Friday March 06 2015, @02:21AM (#153694)

      Indy jokes. It had to be Indy jokes.

      • (Score: 1) by Ethanol-fueled on Friday March 06 2015, @02:33AM

        by Ethanol-fueled (2792) on Friday March 06 2015, @02:33AM (#153699) Homepage

        First it was Spock and now Kirk?

        NooOOOOO!!O!! I loved him when he shot Greedo first!

        • (Score: 3, Funny) by tibman on Friday March 06 2015, @03:20AM

          by tibman (134) Subscriber Badge on Friday March 06 2015, @03:20AM (#153708)

          You must be drunk man, you didn't even try!

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          • (Score: 0, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 06 2015, @03:52AM

            by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 06 2015, @03:52AM (#153715)
            Justin Case [wikipedia.org] you didn't get it (he might be more subtle when drunk than you are when sober).
            • (Score: 3, Insightful) by tibman on Friday March 06 2015, @05:22AM

              by tibman (134) Subscriber Badge on Friday March 06 2015, @05:22AM (#153730)

              Woah now, don't get all explainy on me. The Han shot first bit was the least subtle part. That was the core of his jab, man. I obviously expect better from SN trolls than you.

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        • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Friday March 06 2015, @04:07AM

          by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Friday March 06 2015, @04:07AM (#153721) Journal
          Han, mate, not Kirk. It was Han Solo that shoot first.
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      • (Score: 2) by davester666 on Friday March 06 2015, @08:52AM

        by davester666 (155) on Friday March 06 2015, @08:52AM (#153763)

        Get these mother-fucking snakes off this mother-fucking plane!

    • (Score: 3, Funny) by bob_super on Friday March 06 2015, @02:23AM

      by bob_super (1357) on Friday March 06 2015, @02:23AM (#153695)

      Nope, but there was an old James Bond waving his umbrella at the local birds...

    • (Score: 2) by Hartree on Friday March 06 2015, @03:35AM

      by Hartree (195) on Friday March 06 2015, @03:35AM (#153710)

      No.

      There were strakes on the plane.

  • (Score: 3, Funny) by MrGuy on Friday March 06 2015, @01:53AM

    by MrGuy (1007) on Friday March 06 2015, @01:53AM (#153693)

    the plane was attracted by some sort of mystical artifact that works exactly like you might think a magnet works if you don't know anything about magnets.

    • (Score: 2) by bob_super on Friday March 06 2015, @02:37AM

      by bob_super (1357) on Friday March 06 2015, @02:37AM (#153701)

      I would say that I don't know how Alien Magnets work, but that would add credence to the silly theory that there was more to Indy's story than the trilogy's contents.

  • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 06 2015, @02:33AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 06 2015, @02:33AM (#153700)

    Thank you for fast tracking current news. I hope to see this fast tracking more.

  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by GeorgeScuttles on Friday March 06 2015, @02:52AM

    by GeorgeScuttles (4499) on Friday March 06 2015, @02:52AM (#153702)

    I expected to read about some extra in one of the indiana jones movies, not Harrison Ford. I can't be alone in this.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 06 2015, @02:59AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 06 2015, @02:59AM (#153705)

      You aren't.
      Is Indiana Jones what he is best known for, worldwide?

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 06 2015, @04:46AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 06 2015, @04:46AM (#153725)

      Yeah, I was hoping it was going to be that annoying Short Round guy.

  • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 06 2015, @02:56AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 06 2015, @02:56AM (#153704)

    Anyone else get confused by the NTSB investigator's last name = Jones?

    The pilot reported a loss of engine power, clipped the top of a tree and was trying to return to the airport, Jones said.

    I thought Indiana was talking about himself in the third person.

  • (Score: 3, Funny) by mrsam on Friday March 06 2015, @03:04AM

    by mrsam (5122) on Friday March 06 2015, @03:04AM (#153706)

    ... I've got a bad feeling about this.

    Thank you, thank you, I'll be here a week; try the buffet.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 06 2015, @03:50AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 06 2015, @03:50AM (#153714)

    Godd thing he climbed into that refrigerator before impact!

    • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 06 2015, @03:56AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 06 2015, @03:56AM (#153718)

      God thinks he climbed into that refrigerator before impact!

      FTFY

  • (Score: 1) by TLA on Friday March 06 2015, @03:54AM

    by TLA (5128) on Friday March 06 2015, @03:54AM (#153717) Journal

    He did the Kessel Run while holding on to his potatoes. After a perfect one point landing he grabbed his companions beanie and saved the blonde bit the trouble of gurging up lunch. Then he high-fived the bear before suckerpunching the cunt who'd been rifling his wardrobe*.

    *seriously, watch the end of Empire. Lando is wearing Han's clothes while flying Han's ship.

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    • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 06 2015, @04:13AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 06 2015, @04:13AM (#153722)

      seriously, watch the end of Empire.

      What!?!!? Did USA collapse and I haven't heard?
      How did it happen?? Was that golf club so important to US economy as to count as another 9/11?

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 06 2015, @06:53AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 06 2015, @06:53AM (#153743)

        That's one way to score a hole in one at a golf course.

        ( With something the size of a plane, you make your own hole - anywhere you want it. )

        • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Friday March 06 2015, @08:36AM

          by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Friday March 06 2015, @08:36AM (#153757) Journal

          With something the size of a plane, you make your own hole - anywhere you want it.

          Airplane putt - even mightier than the (bald) eagle putt, ey?

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 06 2015, @09:11AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 06 2015, @09:11AM (#153767)

    I mean come on, he's a f-ing space pilot, Indiana Jones can't even fly

  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by kaszz on Friday March 06 2015, @09:18AM

    by kaszz (4211) on Friday March 06 2015, @09:18AM (#153771) Journal

    So we have sunk this low. Crashing a plane isn't unheard of and it sure hurts. But on a larger scale.. IT DOESN'T MATTER.

    • (Score: 5, Insightful) by Ryuugami on Friday March 06 2015, @10:21AM

      by Ryuugami (2925) on Friday March 06 2015, @10:21AM (#153790)

      Stuff that doesn't matter - News for socialites

      Wrong site. You want to go that-a-way [slashdot.org]. Tagline here is "SoylentNews is people".

      So we have sunk this low. Crashing a plane isn't unheard of and it sure hurts. But on a larger scale.. IT DOESN'T MATTER.

      On a larger scale... nothing matters, except maybe the Great Attractor.
      Besides, the news is about Harrison Ford. I'm sure at least 120% of people visiting SN know about Harrison Ford.

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      • (Score: 2) by turgid on Friday March 06 2015, @08:59PM

        by turgid (4318) Subscriber Badge on Friday March 06 2015, @08:59PM (#153943) Journal

        There are two good actors in the world: Harrison Ford and Clint Eastwood.

        • (Score: 1) by Pr. L Muishkin on Friday March 06 2015, @10:56PM

          by Pr. L Muishkin (5143) on Friday March 06 2015, @10:56PM (#153990)

          Chuck Norris just overheard your writings, (do not question Chuck's hearing,) man, I'm glad I'm not in your shoes.

          • (Score: 2) by kaszz on Saturday March 07 2015, @08:20AM

            by kaszz (4211) on Saturday March 07 2015, @08:20AM (#154068) Journal

            Chuck Norris didn't crash the plane. He just tested his plane-swatter ;)
            No one would enter our airspace, because Chuck has his swatter.

        • (Score: 2) by M. Baranczak on Saturday March 07 2015, @02:52AM

          by M. Baranczak (1673) on Saturday March 07 2015, @02:52AM (#154032)

          Three. You forgot Jesse "The Mind" Ventura. "Predator" would have been so much better if Jesse was the lead and Arnold was the redshirt.

    • (Score: 1) by inertnet on Friday March 06 2015, @10:52AM

      by inertnet (4071) on Friday March 06 2015, @10:52AM (#153795) Journal

      Would you have accepted this story on here if the title had said "Star Wars Actor" instead of "Indiana Jones Actor"?

      • (Score: 3, Insightful) by kaszz on Friday March 06 2015, @10:59AM

        by kaszz (4211) on Friday March 06 2015, @10:59AM (#153796) Journal

        No.

    • (Score: 4, Informative) by n1 on Friday March 06 2015, @02:17PM

      by n1 (993) on Friday March 06 2015, @02:17PM (#153833) Journal

      Time for another edition of Editorial Transparency!

      I edited this submission as you may be aware. I saw the story break elsewhere and considered if it was something we should run, personally it is not news or interesting for me either. However, there was some interest from the community and other members of SN staff on our IRC server for this story. The consensus did seem to be it was a story for us, perhaps just not for you and me.

      It can be frustrating that a story like this generates interest when there are tech/science and 'stuff that matters' events that don't seem to engage the community at all.

    • (Score: 2) by Reziac on Saturday March 07 2015, @03:25AM

      by Reziac (2489) on Saturday March 07 2015, @03:25AM (#154038) Homepage

      A little technicality: Per all reports I've seen, he didn't crash it. It lost power and =then= he crash-landed it (what else could he do?) There's a difference.

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      • (Score: 2) by kaszz on Saturday March 07 2015, @08:28AM

        by kaszz (4211) on Saturday March 07 2015, @08:28AM (#154070) Journal

        I wouldn't blame tabloid papers for their analytical capability :P

        • (Score: 2) by Reziac on Saturday March 07 2015, @01:31PM

          by Reziac (2489) on Saturday March 07 2015, @01:31PM (#154108) Homepage

          Good point ;)

          "There are old pilots, and there are bold pilots, but there are no old bold pilots."

          Tho I don't think Ford is yet to the stage of

          "I want to die peacefully in my sleep like my grandfather, not screaming in terror like his passengers!"

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  • (Score: 2) by Rivenaleem on Friday March 06 2015, @10:43AM

    by Rivenaleem (3400) on Friday March 06 2015, @10:43AM (#153794)

    Investigators have been hearing testimony from eye witnesses that an old man with an umbrella startled a flock of birds into the flight path of Ford's plane.

  • (Score: 3, Informative) by damnbunni on Friday March 06 2015, @12:23PM

    by damnbunni (704) on Friday March 06 2015, @12:23PM (#153809) Journal

    What I find most interesting is that this is the second time Harrison Ford crashed an aircraft owned by MG Aviation. The other one was also apparently due to mechanical issues - he was practicing autorotation recovery in a Bell 206 when there was some sort of mechanical issue. (Both Ford and the instructor were unhurt in that one, but the chopper was a wreck.

  • (Score: 2) by looorg on Friday March 06 2015, @12:47PM

    by looorg (578) on Friday March 06 2015, @12:47PM (#153819)

    In this case I'm not sure if its Harrison or the Plane, or both as they both quite old. But I guess one went to the hospital while the other will go to some scrapyard.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 06 2015, @02:58PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 06 2015, @02:58PM (#153841)

    n/t

  • (Score: 1) by rainday on Friday March 06 2015, @09:43PM

    by rainday (4005) on Friday March 06 2015, @09:43PM (#153962)

    In California, an aging Frisco Kid attempted to fly his tiny toy plane over the golf course but failed ... No wookies were harmed.