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AUDIO: Harrison Ford reports engine failure to air traffic control

ByMelissa LeuKABC logo
Friday, March 6, 2015
AUDIO: Harrison Ford reports engine failure to air traffic control

VENICE, Calif. -- Minutes before his plane crashed at a Venice golf course, actor Harrison Ford tells an air traffic controller that he needs to immediately return to Santa Monica Airport because of engine failure.

Listen to the audio from the air traffic control tower above.

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