Harrison Ford reportedly suffered a major head injury in his shock plane crash last week resulting a large gash on his scalp, but is recovering well with the help of some TLC from wife Calista Flockhart.
An eyewitness at the scene of Harrison’s shock crash at Penmar Golf Course in California told People magazine that Harrison suffered a five- or six-inch gash about “the size of a pancake.”
Luckily though, Harrison is reportedly healing well as he has doting wife Calista Flockhart by his side every day.
“She drops Liam off in the morning and then spends hours with Harrison,” a source told People.
“She brings him food and reading material.”
A surgeon has also said that the injuries to Harrison’s face and scalp will “heal very well and fade with time.”
Harrison Ford, 72, was piloting what is reported to be a vintage WWII-era 2-seater fighter plane when he crashed into a golf course in the Venice area of California.
“He was moaning and in pain,” spinal surgeon Sanjay Khurana, who just happened to be on the golf course at the time of the crash, told America’s ABC News. “He was stunned a bit.”
NBC News reported that the Indiana Jones star suffered “lacerations to the head and possible fractures”.
The scene of the crash at Penmar Golf Course in Los Angeles.
Harrison’s son, Ben, later posted on Twitter, “Dad is OK. Battered but ok! He is every bit the man you would think he is. He is an incredibly strong man.”
An initial report from the National Transportation Safety Board has found that the crash was caused by “substantial damage following a loss of engine power.”
Harrison is apparently not deterred by his accident and is determined to get back flying again as soon as possible.
“Calista told him he shouldn’t even be thinking about that yet but he said it was like falling off a horse or a bike when the best thing you can do is get back on, or in his case up, as fast as you can,” a source told the UK’s Express.
Harrison has been involved in a plane crash before, which obviously didn’t deter him from taking to the skies again.
While piloting a Bell 206L4 LongRanger helicopter on a routine training flight over Lake Piru in California, the helicopter lost power and hit the ground hard. Both Harrison and his instructor pilot escaped serious injury although the helicopter was badly damaged.
Speaking about the incident in 2008, he told National Geographic, “Well, there was a mechanical failure while we were practicing power recovery autorotations. It was more or less a hard landing. Luckily, I was with another aviation professional and neither of us was hurt — and both of us are still flying.”
