By Sky News US Team
A doctor who was playing golf when Harrison Ford crashed into the California course says he feared the actor's plane would burst into flames.
"He was obviously moaning and in pain," spinal surgeon Sanjay Khurana said.
"My task, if you will, was to get him out of the airplane in a somewhat urgent manner because the fuel was leaking."
The 72-year-old was flying solo in a World War Two training aircraft when it crashed into Penmar golf course in the Venice area on Thursday afternoon.
Dr Khurana told ABC news: "He's obviously an iconic individual and when he lay there as I was trying to check his airway, his blood pressure, it was obvious by his face it was Harrison Ford."
The plane remained at the crash site on Friday morning as federal aviation investigators tried to determine what made it come down.
The National Transportation Safety Board said at a press conference they have still not spoken to Ford.
In audio with air traffic control, Ford, who was flying at 3,000 feet, can be heard saying in an urgent voice: "Engine failure," before requesting "immediate return" to the airport.
The single-engine plane clipped a tree as it went down shortly after taking off from Santa Monica Airport, about a mile away, the LA Fire Department said.
The yellow vintage aircraft with stars on its wings was upright and mostly intact after the crash. No one on the ground was hurt.
Witnesses were reported by local media as saying the actor was helped out of the plane by several bystanders and that he could use his legs.
Ford's son Ben, who is at his father's bedside in hospital, tweeted: "At the hospital. Dad is OK. Battered but OK!
"He is every bit the man you would think he is. He is an incredibly strong man."
Ford's publicist Ina Treciokas said: "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."
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