Ever wonder if the stars were throwing a little cosmic curveball when Harrison Ford’s plane engine sputtered and died mid-flight? Turns out, the universe might’ve been nudging this Mercury Retrograde with a heads-up — because Ford’s refusal to follow the “normal route” to land wasn’t just gutsy, it was literal survival instinct. He walked away from what could’ve been a catastrophic mess with fractures and a head gash that remind us all: sometimes, the rebel star inside us all just knows best. The official culprit? A pesky little carburetor metering jet gone rogue, throwing fuel and air out of sync like a bad DJ remix. So yes, Ford’s close call is a wild tale of danger, defiance, and sheer luck — one that makes you wonder if stubbornness might just be written in his celestial chart. LEARN MORE.
Ford sustained pretty severe injuries, including fractures to his pelvis, ankle, and back, as well as a head laceration. Speaking on Jimmy Kemmel Live!, Ford said of the traumatic event, “I remember the engine stopping; I remember that part very well. And then I remember the tower; I remember their suggestion. Their suggestion was that I take the normal route to land, and I knew I wasn’t going to do that, so I said, ‘no.’ And that’s the last thing that I remember until five days afterwards, actually.”
The NTSB later determined the engine failure was due to a loose/worn carburetor metering jet, which caused a fuel-air imbalance and power loss.
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