He is an incredibly strong man. Fords publicist says that the 72yearold stars injuries are not life threatening, and we have the latest on the condition for you. And disaster diverted by inches. Look at how close this delta flight came to the fringes around laguardia and the passengers tell us the story to night. And also, the Boston Marathon bomber on trial, and more on the chaotic moments after the bomb exploded in the crowd. And beginning with the story we led with about Harrison Ford. Kyung lah is with us to night. All of this happened near the airport where Harrison Ford took off, and what is the latest . So far the ntsb says it is engine trouble and he was trying to turn around to get back to the airport, and then this, the extraordinary landing. This is what is so extraordinary, because we can see the tree that this tree hit. Some of the branchs are broken. And the small swath of green that you are looking at this is a golf course and the nose you can see it right there, and it is bent into the ground, and the propeller is kug into the grass, be look at the body of the plane, itself, and it doesnt appear that it is really that affected. So Harrison Ford wasnt crushed at all, but he was seriously injured, and the people here did try to help him to get out. But the extraordinary thing is that he managed to land here. Neighbors heard the engine stall. Here is what one told us. Reporter what do you think about the way he landed . In the green space some. Well, it is amazing that he made it back. I mean he must be a very good pilot, and i think that he has got my neighbor knows him, and say thas says that he has a number of planes, and he must be a very good pilot and not just acting as well. Reporter you can see how the plane, and how close the plane is to me. It is only 30 feet from me, and im about 50 feet from the nearest house. The neighbor who i was speaking with said that it is absolutely extroord mare that he managed to land right here and avert all of these homes. Don don. I will second that kyung. And what about the extent of fords injuries this is. As far as we know, he is in stable condition, and some of the eyewitnesses here have said that they did see him bleeding profusely from the the head. He was taken to a local hospital and he is in stable condition, but they are going to be watching him, because any time you bang up the head, they are concerned about that. Kyung lah, very near the wreckage of the plane, and thank you. We will get back to you if we get more information. Join ging me is phil crumb who saw the plane crash and tweeted the news and he is also a plane himself, and he joins me by television. Good ooef ngevening, phil. You were driving to work when you saw the crash, and with what did you see . Good eve thissing in, don. Yes, i witnessed a singleengine aircraft which is evidently mr. Fords and it was departing much lower than aircraft typically do, and i saw it descend below the treelines and then the land on the golf course. You knew that something was wrong, because it was fly ging too low . Precisely. I did not hear the plane at this point, and the engine was no longer functional and nothing to hear, but it was not normal at that point. And the plane crashed at penn mar golf course close to Santa Monica Airport, and did you realize that it was headed in the wrong direction or you just saw the plane flying too low . At that point the aircraft was, the golf course is straight off of the end of the runway and at that point, mr. Ford was taking off as he normally would be except that the engine was no longer functional and he could not keep going. Being a pilot yourself do you know how common the engine failures are like this or how common for engine failures like this . It is very unusual before a pilot takes off, whether it is a large aircraft or a pilot myself just on our own time, because you run a series of checks to try to make sure that everything is correct and nothing like this will happen. Occasionally, it does, and in situation situations like that mr. Ford did everything right. All right. Thank you very much. I appreciate phil crumm joining us. Harrison ford hospitalized tonight after crash landing his plane on the golf course, and he made his name after flying the millennium falcon in star wars and he is a pilots pilot who loves to fly as much as acting. Joining us is paul mitt tennesseemitt en who loves to fly and shares his passion. And so can you tell us about the particular plane and what you know about Harrison Ford . Well hello, don. About this plane, it is a world war ii trainer. And trainers are inherently stable the, and for giving aircraft, because you are putting a brand new pilot into the plane and expecting him to fly it and keep mitt the air, and avoid other aircraft and talk on the radios and listen to in instructor and a lot of stuff going on. So a train ser aer is a nice docile aircraft which is ha what gave harrison the ability to get it on the ground and make a fairly safe landing. Than thekfully that golf course is pretty much at the end of Santa Monica Airport runway and he experienced the engine failure right after take off so that he was presented with the big green runway in front of him, and albeit with the e trees scattered around it which he did an incredible job of missing. Had he gone a little bit fur further, he would have been over solid suburbia and the outcome could have been a whole lot different, and not as happy. Thankfully. And so when you look at this the trees around him, and in the area, and also, you heard the neighbor from the correspondent kyung lah there saying that it is pretty close to the homes, but it looks like it takes a skilled pilot to land in these kind cans kinds of conditions when you have conditions like that . What kind of pilot is he . Harrison is a very good pilot, and in fact, a friend of mine did an idaho back country flying with a friend in a cessna 182 which a fourseat cessna, and bit more power han the cessna and while he was flying into the country strips in the middle of a Mountain Pass with mountains on either side and trees on ooeteither side of the runway and one option to land he found harrisons plane parked at the same airport strip. And harrisons plane, the Haviland Beaver is larger and seats six people, and used all over the northwest to haul cargo, and tons of power and the tail dragger which make ss it a little bit more challenging to land meaning that the main wheel s are in the front, and then a tail e wheel at the back of the aircraft once you slow down that the wheel will touch the ground. So you are basically kind of landing on two wheels and balancing the whole thing while it is on the ground. So yeah, he is a very skilled pilot. It is not your average pilot that flies that kind of thing, and obviously flying the e millennial falcon also takes skill. And thank you for joining us now producer of just another pilot, paul mitton. And joining us is miles obrien, our cnn air aviation correspondent, and also a former ip vest gator of the ntsb. And so when you see the front of the plane almost knocked off, what does that reveal miles . What i see there, don s the end result of a fairly textbook landing at the end of a golf course, and we should point out to people that when you are flying the plane solo, you are supposed to sit in the back seat where he was appropriately which gave him extra measure of safety in the front of the aircraft is fairly crumpled. And he clipped a tree coming down, and according to the ntsb and perilously crosse to making it back to the runway and maybe hitting the tree may have made the decision of landing and bringing it down to relatively safe land manage the golf course was a good one. You know, i want to lis ep miles and david, to the air Traffic Control audio and then talk about it. 53718, engine failure, requesting immediate return. Clear to land. Go to three. 53178, clear to land. And you can hear him saying, engine failure, and he is a seasoned pilot, and how challenging to land on the golf course, david . Extreme thely challenging, but miles, i want to know what textbook has that landing on the golf course in it, but nonetheless, i am going to be celebrating the fact that he can. And the instructor always told me look for the golf courses because they are good places if you lose the engine. I am smiling and celebrating the fact that he did celebrate this, because it is the excellent landing, but what i want to talk about, don, is how the air Traffic Controller responded, because there is a lot going on in the background that people dont know about. So when he said i need to e return to the runway, what he is assuming is he would come can back to the runway 21 which is the direction coming in the other way, but he had made a quick turn, and maybe a shondell or quick turn back to the other runway and that air Traffic Controller immediately said, clear to the land and he had to clear every other traffic in the background and making sure that there is nothing else in the way. And once you have declared a emergency, it is up to the air Traffic Controller to make sure there is nothing to hamper your re return back, and he did a great job to do that. And set great to the smile considering what could have happened. Thank you, gentlemen. We have a lot more of the breaking news. Harrison ford injured in the crash of a small plane. When we we come back, a man who shares the stars passion for flying james lipton insooidide of the bureau. And also, a close call at laguardia. In new york state, were reinventing how we do business so businesses can reinvent the world. From pharmaceuticals to 3d prototyping, biotech to clean energy. Whether your business is moving, expanding or just getting started. Only new york offers you zero taxes for 10 years with startup ny business incubators that Partner Companies with universities, and Venture Capital funding for high growth industries. See how new york can grow your business and create jobs. Visit ny. 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Our breaking news this evening on cnn Harrison Ford is in the hospital after a crash landing on a golf course. He is known as a pilots pilot, and join ging me on the phone is a man who shares his passion for flying is james lipton is a pilot himself, and host of bravos television show. How are you to night . Well very good. I was having a Birthday Dinner and i got word that this happened and im very, very relieved to hear that he is okay. And considering what we could have been talking about today, and the kind of tragedy that we could have been talking about here. Yes. Of course. And he has described the love of flying and what has he said to you. Sgr when he was on inside the Actors Studio he has talked about flying a lot. I have had a number of pilots tom cruise angelina jolie, and John Travolta and Harrison Ford ford, and so many others, but when i have had others come insooid t inside the Actors Studio and there they is sit, and here we are on the stage talking not about acting or theater or film but about airplanes. You get two pilots together and they will talk. And then finally, i have to call it off. The night that he was on my show, and we talked about flying to such a degree well, we have a sound bite of it and lets listen to it and then we will talk about it. Oh, id love to hear it. And this is not this is him talking about it. Sorry, this is not from the show. Do we have that . Okay. Lets play it. Freedom for me in the air. Big freedom. Great responsibility. I love training. Actually i love take theing on new challenges. I like to challenge myself. I always make shurure that i dont overchallenge myself. I have had a lot of good people look after me, and help keep me safe. That is are from the dock documentary just another pilot. It was not from your show, but as you can see and hear it was his passion along with acting. Well you know that you called it. Yes, of course. You, when you are at the oak, and when you are at the airplane and flying it one person or whatever the number of people in the plane, you are what is called p. I. C. Pilot in command. And pilot in command means that you are responseible for the moment that you rotate and take off until you land. You are responsible for getting that plane and anybody in it up into the air, and back down safely on the ground. And you know the definition of a good landing among pilots . Do you know . No, go ahead. A good landing is one that you walk away from. I think that i have heard it but i didnt want to say the wrong thing on the air. How determined do you believe, mr. Lipton do you believe that mr. Harrison ford will be to get back into the sky again . Oh, he le hoh he will be determined. He will get back in the sky again. I should say that when i do the show i dont have anything to eat on the day, because we are on the stage for three or four hours, and the guest comes on and the like going 15 round, and so obviously, i dont eat before the show and im almost always famished and i said to the guest after the show, and how would you like to go up to elaines and have some supper with my wife and i. And so we went up to elaines and elaine fed us and he sat down on the chair, and he wiped the brow and he sat back with a gasp and i said, what sis the matter, and he said, i did not sleep for three nights before i was on your show. He said i was so scared. I said for gods sakes, you are indiana jones, and then we talked about airplanes until 2 00 in the morning. And my wife had heard about it so many times before, and we had a long long talk about air airplanes, but he is a great pilot by the way. And james lipton, thank you very much, and happy birthday to your wife. Thank you for coming on. Thank you very much. I wish him well. I hope that he does every good thing from now on and flies his tail off. Our sentiments exactly. Thank you very much. Coming up, another flight goes very wrong. A delta jet slides off tofof the runway at new Yorks Laguardia runway and nearly ends up in the water. I will talk to a pas sensenger who escaped next. In new york state, were reinventing how we do business so businesses can reinvent the world. From pharmaceuticals to 3d prototyping, biotech to clean energy. Whether your business is moving, expanding or just getting started. Only new york offers you zero taxes for 10 years with startup ny business incubators that Partner Companies with universities, and Venture Capital funding for high growth industries. See how new york can grow your business and create jobs. Visit ny. Gov business you pay for your data every month. So why does your carrier take back what you dont use . 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You can see the operation under way right now to pull that delta jet off of an em banbankment next to the runway. Again, this is happening live pictures and you can see the cranes set up to pull the jet off of the runway. Late the this morning, flight 1086 from atlanta, it skidded off of the runway while land manage the snowstorm crashing into the em ban kbankment, and the planes nose busting through the fence, and 132 people got off safely and three people with minor injuries went to hospitals. We rare joined by one man on the plane. How are you doing . Doing, great, don. Did you think that it was over . As i told the folks earlier in the day, there was a few seconds earlier in the day when i was bracing the seat in front of me, and literally a few seconds where i thought that this is either a repeat of what my buddy Dave Sanderson went through on the hudson river a few years ago or up, and god was calling me home and my time was up and will was an array of emotions in the plane in the 20 seconds when we were skidding off of the runway and literally came to a screeching halgt with the nose of the airplane facing the water. When we looked and itp stopped no one move and everybody was completely silent, and people were breathing a sigh of relief ment as i looked to the left, some of the photos that i sent to the folks in the media, you can see how close we were to the water. And obviously, it made you really grateful for the protection that god had provided for also the amazing job that the pilot did. And the embankment that kept you from going into the water. Absolutely. 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