Harrison Ford casi provoca una tragedia con su avión privado

El actor que también es piloto se aproximó a una pista donde ya se encontraba un Boeing 737 con 110 pasajeros y seis tripulantes a bordo.

Harrison Ford casi provoca una tragedia con su avión privado
FILE - In this Jan. 10, 2016 file photo, Harrison Ford arrives at the 73rd annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif. NBC-TV says Ford had a potentially serious run-in with an airliner at a Southern California airport. NBC reports that Ford, an experienced pilot, was told to land on a runway at John Wayne Airport in Orange County on Monday, Feb. 13, 2017, but mistakenly landed on a parallel taxiway, passing over an American Airlines jet holding nearby. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

El actor estadounidense Harrison Ford, piloto experimentado, podría haber provocado un grave accidente de avión este lunes a bordo de su aeronave privada, al dirigirse a una pista de rodaje donde ya se encontraba un Boeing 737 con 110 pasajeros y seis tripulantes a bordo.

Según la cadena NBC, la estrella de 74 años, sobrevoló por error un aparato de la compañía American Airlines, al confundir esa pista con la pista de aterrizaje en la que debía posarse.

El actor corre el riesgo de recibir una amonestación o de que se le suspenda su permiso de piloto, precisó la cadena. "¿Se supone que ese avión de línea tenía que estar debajo de mi?", preguntó Ford a la torre de control, según NBC.

Interrogado sobre el episodio, un portavoz de la Agencia Federal de Aviación (FAA), Ian Gregor, confirmó este martes el incidente a la AFP sin desvelar el nombre del actor porque "la FAA no identifica a la gente implicada en accidentes aéreos".

Una portavoz de Harrison Ford contactada por la AFP rehusó hacer comentarios.

Hace dos años el mítico intérprete de Han Solo en "Star Wars" y de "Indiana Jones" resultó herido cuando su PT-22 de la segunda guerra mundial -el actor colecciona aviones "vintage"- sufrió una avería, obligándole a aterrizar de emergencia en un campo de golf próximo a Los Ángeles.

(FILES) This file photo taken on March 6, 2015 shows firefighters and an aviation official remove the 1942 Ryan Aeronautical ST3KR plane that crashed onto a golf course and was piloted by US actor Harrison Ford in Venice, California. 
Hollywood star Harrison Ford was involved in a near-miss at a California airport on Febuary 14, 2017 as he was piloting his private plane, officials and US media said. Ford, a seasoned pilot and vintage plane collector, was approaching John Wayne Airport in Orange County, NBC reported, when he headed towards a taxiway rather than the runway, passing over a Boeing 737 with 110 passengers and six crew. / AFP PHOTO / MARK RALSTON
(FILES) This file photo taken on March 6, 2015 shows firefighters and an aviation official remove the 1942 Ryan Aeronautical ST3KR plane that crashed onto a golf course and was piloted by US actor Harrison Ford in Venice, California. Hollywood star Harrison Ford was involved in a near-miss at a California airport on Febuary 14, 2017 as he was piloting his private plane, officials and US media said. Ford, a seasoned pilot and vintage plane collector, was approaching John Wayne Airport in Orange County, NBC reported, when he headed towards a taxiway rather than the runway, passing over a Boeing 737 with 110 passengers and six crew. / AFP PHOTO / MARK RALSTON