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Harrison Ford 'battered, but OK' after golf course plane crash

Actor Harrison Ford is being treated in hospital after a World War Two plane he was piloting crashed during an emergency landing on a California golf course.

His son, who visited him at the hospital, tweeted to say his father was "battered, but OK" following the incident.

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Audio reveals Ford calmly requested return to airfield

Harrison Ford calmly requested an immediate return to the airfield when the engine failed of the small plane he was flying

In an audio recording of his conversation with the airport tower, Ford can be heard saying, "Engine failure, immediate return" before he is cleared to land.

The audio was published by LiveATC.net.

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