Page 60 - Engine Failure News Today

Vercammen in vn venice california. >> harrison ford is trying to get himself back to the airport, hes scrambling but there are homes all around here he finds a soft place to land between a putting green and a tee box. >> oh no oh no. >> this cell phone video capturing moments before a two-seat plane piloted by actor harrison ford crash-lands on a golf course in california. ford had just taken off from santa monica airport when the world war ii-vintage plane experienced a problem, the actor insta...

But at this time i do not know. >> maybe you said this and i was not listening. >> the question was whether this was -- my understanding is, and all i know is that i heard the atc recording on the news, and the pilot reported that he had an engine failure and he was returning to the airport. >> in your experience -- >> its not immediate at this point. >> from your experience, he was taking off, but from the distance, from the airport to here, how high, what do you think the altitude was? >> i wi...

Monica. it is a very densely populated area. how many times have we seen planes landing on freeways? im in trouble. theres a gap in the cars. im going to go for it. he is an accomplished pilot and has certainly well briefed and taught emergency procedures. >> they can only play 17 holes at that golf course for a while instead of 18. hes lucky. all pilots are trained to be able to handle engine failure. youre constantly asking yourself what do i do if the engine -- >> you dont have a lot of altit...

Seems pretty clear there was an engine failure shortly after takeoff. >> i dont think thats in doubt. obviously the ntsb has to be circumspect about releasing facts but what we heard about the transmissions, he took off, lost the engine, turned around, tried to land on the airport and did great job with unforced landing. the focus will be the engine. what caused it to fail, the oil, fuel, or mechanical aspect of it, did it seize up in some way? theyll break the engine apart and should be able to...

>> engine failure with immediate return. >> ryan 178 runway 2 clear to land. >> ford failed to reach the runway. bystanders caught video of the plane as it glided to its dramatic descent. >> i hope hes going to make it. >> oh man. oh man. [ bleep ]. oh no. >> come on dude. >> no one on the ground was injured. investigators said that today fords choice of landing spot was key. >> when you take off from an airport and you need to return to that airport or you need to land an aircraft you have to p...

Saying they need very special care and you cant just put on any kind of part or do anything that you want, that you have to follow special aging aircraft protocol. so theyre tricky and prevalent, but they do have an unfortunate higher incidents of crashes and problems. >> so mary, when you talk about this plane, and were talking about obviously the ntsb will determine whether this was an intended landing, whether he was trying to land in a golf course, but were talking about a very densely popul...

Killed by a police officer in ferguson, missouri plans to file a civil wrongful death lawsuit. back to the top story we are covering this hour. actor harrison ford hospitalized after his plane suffered engine failure just after takeoff. the small plane then hit a tree before crashing on a golf course. one witness told cnn he heard the plane struggling. listen. >> having problems and he turned around. he was right by the house, the engine cut out. and then he turned around. thats when he turned...

Dont work. >> that guy is obviously used to this kind of thing. but cnn aviation analyst says harrison fords piloting skills prevented the situation from escalating to something much worse. >> what happens is once you have a -- if you have a single engine airplane and you have an engine failure, if youre a good pilot you set it up in a glide slope. you are trained how you can get the most amount of mileage out of it with no engine. he obviously set it up for a good ratio but he just couldnt make...

Doctors were playing golf there. thanks so much. >> amazing the plane is just behind paul. it shows how close it really was. >> in his own neighborhood. >> lets bring in miles obrien. youre a pilot yourself. you take us into the cockpit and what harrison ford may have been up against and amount of time he had to make the decisions and what he had to do so quickly. >> everything is split second. he didnt have a lot of altitude. he had no power. as it happens when you take off from santa monica ai...

Yards somewhere in that. >> harrison ford in a plane crash in a plane that he was piloting forced to land on the eighth hole of a golf course in los angeles after he reportedly lost power in the planes engine. and the amazing headline there is that he is expected to be okay. his son tweeting out, dad is battered but okay. trace gallaghers been following the story this evening. hes got a report from our west coast newsroom. trace. >> well the ntsb was asked, megyn, if this was the sign of a good ...