Harrison Ford’s near-fatal March 5 plane crash may have been caused by malicious tampering, according to bombshell documents obtained by The National ENQUIRER!
What’s more, The ENQUIRER can exclusively reveal the Federal Aviation Administration is concealing a potentially blockbuster medical secret about the “Star Wars” actor.
Harrison, 73, suffered a broken ankle, broken pelvis and severe head lacerations after crashing his WWII-era Ryan Aeronautical ST3KR at the Penmar Golf Course in Venice, Calif.
Buried in a National Transportation Safety Board report on the mishap was the shocking detail that the malfunction was caused solely by a curiously loose part.
“A post-accident examination of the airplane’s engine revealed that the carburetor’s main metering jet was unscrewed from its seat and rotated 90 degrees,” the report read. “The unseated jet would have allowed an increased fuel flow through the main metering orifice, producing an extremely rich fuel-to-air ratio, which would have resulted in the loss of engine power.”
Harrison’s plane lost power shortly after takeoff, and he was credited with saving untold lives by steering the troubled craft away from surrounding neighborhoods.
An aviation expert told The ENQUIRER that the tampering could have easily been done by someone with malicious intent.
“It would have to be someone who has access to the airport: maintenance, owners, those sorts of people,” said the expert, who spoke to The ENQUIRER on the condition of anonymity because of the possibility of a criminal probe. “You have to be a very smart person who understands how the carburetor works to pull it off.”
Following the accident, The ENQUIRER filed a Freedom of Information Act request with the FAA for crash documents.
Dr. Melchor J. Antuñano, the director of the Civil Aerospace Medical Institute, told The ENQUIRER the FAA had removed information that “would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.”
“It’s unknown if the [undisclosed] medical condition played a role in the March crash,” an insider told The ENQUIRER. “That issue remains under investigation.”
