In this Feb. 13, 2017 image from video provided by John Wayne Airport, actor Harrison Ford piloting an Aviat Husky, yellow plane at center, passes low over an airliner, bottom right, before he mistakenly landed on a taxiway at John Wayne Airport in Santa Ana, Calif. (John Wayne Airport via AP)SANTA ANA, Calif. – Newly released video shows a small plane piloted by Harrison Ford flying low over an airliner with 116 people aboard moments before he mistakenly landed on a taxiway at a Southern California airport.
Authorities have not said how much distance separated the two planes, but Ford’s aircraft came close enough that its shadow distinctly passed over the jet last week at John Wayne Airport in Orange County.
The 74-year-old actor was told to land his single-engine plane on Runway 20L, but he instead landed on a parallel taxiway on Feb. 13.
The video released Tuesday shows the incident from different angles.
In one, Ford’s Aviat Husky plane is seen from behind as it descends toward the airfield where an American Airlines Boeing 737 is slowly taxiing. The sky beyond the airport is bright white and the flyover is barely visible.