Actor Harrison Ford became famous in the 1970s when he starred as Han Solo, the pilot of the Millennium Falcon spaceship in “Star Wars.” It turns out that he is also an airplane pilot in real life. But over the years, his hobby has resulted in a series of accidents and near-accidents. The latest came earlier this week. Ford was trying to land his small airplane at an airport in southern California. Authorities at the airport said Ford received instructions from air traffic control. Ford then tried to land his plane. But he did not go to the correct part of the airport. He went to an area of the airport where large passenger airplanes wait to take off. And as he was landing, he almost ran into an American Airlines plane, with 116 people on board. News services reported that Ford asked air traffic control: “Was that airliner meant to be underneath me?” The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the incident.
