Harrison Ford lands his aircraft on taxiway instead of runway

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After his incident in 2015, where he crashed his aircraft into a golf course...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-31759873

He's somehow managed to get confused with ATC at Orange County's John Wayne Airport in Southern LA, and instead of landing on the runway, he flew over a taxiing Boeing 737 with 110 passengers on board and lnaded on the actual taxi way :o

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-...son-ford-flies-over-jetliner-awaiting-takeoff

In all seriousness though, he is 74 years old now, it's his third incident involving aircraft (He crash landed a helicopter in 1999 too). What kind of regulation is in place to ensure people over a certain age are still fit to fly? This could have been a disaster costing many lives. I'm actually shocked that he hasn't handed his own license over after this!
 
2 crashes in 20 years? 1 of which was caused by engine failure + 1 incident of landing in the wrong place. It's hardly that bad, is it?

If you took driving licences off everyone who had 1 at-fault incident every 10 years, how many people would be left on the road?

Fair enough, loss of power, but mistaking a taxi way for a runway is hardly a small mistake is it?
 
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