Small Plane Makes Dramatic Crash Landing Just Feet From Golfers: ‘Holy F—’

A small airplane made a dramatic crash touchdown on a historical Los Angeles golfing direction on Friday, May 2, as gamers seemed on.

The Cessna 172 airplane used to be supposed to land on the close by Santa Monica Airport, however as a substitute had a bumpy touchdown at the golfing process the Riviera Country Club roughly 6 miles north. The crash touchdown took place at 12:45 p.m. native time on Friday, May 2, after the pilot reported engine problems, consistent with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

The Los Angeles Fire Department showed that the 3 passengers on board have been unhurt, consistent with KTLA. Video of the touchdown, shared to X, captured surprised golfers staring at on in horror, with one announcing, “I’m not moving,” whilst some other shouted, “Holy f—! Are they okay?”

The video confirmed the airplane coming in at a low perspective. It bounced off the fairway and a pathway a number of instances prior to coming to a prevent upright mere toes from a number of golfers.

PEOPLE reached out to the Riviera Country Club and the FAA for reputable statements, however didn’t straight away pay attention again. The passengers aboard the airplane are but to be recognized.

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A decade in the past in 2015, Harrison Ford survived a an identical crash touchdown in his non-public antique airplane. The antique yellow fighter airplane, made circa World War II, crashed at Penmar Golf Course, additionally close by the Santa Monica Airport. Ford used to be 72 on the time, and the one individual onboard the airplane.

“Harrison was flying a WW2 vintage plane today which had engine trouble upon take off,” a rep for Ford stated in a observation on the time. “He had no other choice but to make an emergency landing, which he did safely. He was banged up and is in the hospital receiving medical care. The injuries sustained are not life threatening, and he is expected to make a full recovery.”

The Santa Monica City Commissioner on the time, Phil Brock, advised PEOPLE that the megastar sustained a head harm. “There were two doctors who had been at the golf course who first attended to Mr. Ford and the Santa Monica Fire Department was the first to arrive,” Brock stated.