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Video shows Harrison Ford’s plane

mistakenly fly over jet

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP)
— Newly released video
shows a small plane pilot-
ed by Harrison Ford flying
low over an airliner with
116 people aboard mo-
ments before he mistaken-
ly landed on a taxiway at a
Southern California airport.
Authorities have not said
how much distance sepa-
rated the two planes, but
Ford’s aircraft came close
enough that its shadow dis-
tinctly passed over the jet
last week at John Wayne
Airport in Orange County.
The 74-year-old actor was
told to land his single-en-
Actress Issa Rae, recipient of the Rising Star Award, poses at the gine plane on Runway 20L,
2017 ABFF Honors: A Celebration of Hollywood, at the Beverly but he instead landed on a
Hilton on Friday, Feb. 17, 2017, in Beverly Hills, Calif. parallel taxiway on Feb. 13.
Associated Press The video released Tues-
Issa Rae feels ‘validated’ by day shows the incident
from different angles.
Black Women in Hollywood In one, Ford’s Aviat Husky

plane is seen from behind
honor as it descends toward the
airfield where an American
JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. awards. Past honorees in- Airlines Boeing 737 is slowly In this Jan. 10, 2016 file photo, Harrison Ford arrives at the 73rd
annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif.
Associated Press clude Oprah Winfrey, Viola taxiing. The sky beyond the Associated Press
When Issa Rae watched Davis, Halle Berry, Taraji airport is bright white and
Oprah Winfrey being hon- P. Henson and Octavia the flyover is barely visible.
ored at Essence maga- Spencer. “I used to say, ‘It Another angle shows according to NBC. for Dallas a few minutes
zine’s Black Women in Hol- would be so cool to be up Ford’s plane emerge from No reason has been given later. Ford collects vintage
lywood Awards last year, there,’ but I didn’t imagine the right side of the frame, for why Ford made the mis- planes and has a long and
the actress hoped she it now,” Rae, creator and flying low over the airliner take, and his publicist has good record as an aviator.
would one day be recog- star of HBO’s “Insecure,” and casting its shadow not replied to requests for But he has had several
nized in the same fashion. said in a phone interview. across the fuselage of the comment. close calls and a serious
But she didn’t think it would “I was thinking maybe af- bigger plane before land- The Federal Aviation Ad- accident in March 2015
come this soon. ter a couple more films, a ing on the taxiway a few ministration is investigating. when he was injured in his
Rae, Janelle Monae, Aja couple TV shows under my seconds later. American Airlines Flight World War II-era trainer. It
Naomi King and Yara Sha- belt. ... That’s really what I “Was that airliner meant to 1456, with 110 passengers crashed on a Los Angeles
hidi will be honored Thurs- thought. It’s just so encour- be underneath me?” Ford and six crew members golf course after engine
day in Los Angeles at the aging to be awarded so was heard saying on an air aboard, departed safely failure.q
magazine’s 10th annual early in my career. q traffic control recording,

Jay Z to become 1st rapper in Songwriters Hall of Fame

MESFIN FEKADU in New York. Babyface has won count-
AP Music Writer Three members of Chicago less Grammys for writing hit
NEW YORK (AP) — Jay Z — Robert Lamm, James songs for Whitney Houston,
will become the first rap- Pankow and Peter Ce- Boyz II Men and other acts,
per ever inducted into the tera — as well as Motown while Martin has become
Songwriters Hall of Fame founder Berry Gordy, who pop music’s leading con-
when he enters the presti- deferred his induction in temporary songwriter, co-
gious organization in June. 2016, will also be inducted. writing No.1 hits for Taylor
The Songwriters Hall an- Jay Z is the first rapper Swift, Katy Perry, the Week-
nounced Wednesday that to be nominated for the nd and other superstars.
songwriting heavyweights Songwriters Hall. Songwrit- Songwriting Hall nominees
in the industry, including ers are eligible for induc- who did not move on to
Kenneth “Babyface” Ed- tion after writing hit songs induction include the late
monds, Max Martin and for at least 20 years. Jay Z, George Michael, Madon-
Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis who released his debut al- na, Bryan Adams, Vince
will also be part of its 2017 bum “Reasonable Doubt” In this Nov. 4, 2016 file photo, Jay Z performs during a cam- Gill, Kool & the Gang and
class. in 1996, has launched mul- paign rally for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clin- Gloria Estefan.
The organization’s 48th An- tiple hits in the last two de- ton in Cleveland. Only five songwriters, or
nual Induction and Awards cades, from “Big Pimpin’” Associated Press songwriting groups, are in-
Dinner takes place June 15 to “Empire State of Mind.” ducted each year.q