Jakarta Globe – AFP, Mar 08, 2015
Los
Angeles. An investigation into what caused Hollywood star Harrison Ford to
crash the single engine plane he was piloting will take about a year to
complete, US aviation officials said on Friday.
Ford was
injured Thursday when the vintage aircraft suffered engine failure and
crash-landed on a golf course outside Los Angeles.
Patrick
Jones, an official with the National Transportation Safety Bureau (NTSB), told
reporters in Venice, California that investigators were inspecting the wreckage
as well as reviewing documents pertaining to the upkeep of the plane.
“The
aircraft will be examined, the engine will be examined, the records of the
aircraft will be examined and ultimately we’ll submit a factual report,” Jones
said.
“All of
that process is going to take probably a couple of weeks to a month or so,” the
NTSB official said.
“The final
report probably will not be out for a year.”
Ford, an
aviation enthusiast with years of flying under his belt, flew out of Santa
Monica Airport in a Ryan PT-22 Recruit, when he experienced engine trouble just
minutes into the flight. He was trying to return to the airport when he
crashed.
Experts pegged
the aircraft he was flying as a World War II vintage two-seater plane that was
more than 70 years old.
Authorities
said they have not yet had the opportunity to interview Ford, but plan to do so
over the course of their probe
The actor
suffered multiple gashes to his head and was left bleeding after the crash.
A family
spokesman said Ford’s injuries were not life threatening. His son Ben, in a
tweet late Thursday said his father was “battered, but OK.”
Agence France-Presse
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