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CP35591611 — FILE - In this April 25, 2011, file photo, actor Morgan Freeman poses for a portrait in Los Angeles. Freeman said he was aboard his plane when it had to make an unexpected landing in Tunica, Miss., Saturday, Dec. 5, 2015, but nobody was injured. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)

Airport: damage to plane minimal after actor Morgan Freeman’s forced landing; nobody hurt

Dec 6, 2015 04:12:00

TUNICA, Miss. – A statement from the Tunica Airport says there was minimal damage to actor Morgan Freeman’s plane in a forced landing.

Airport spokesman Patrick Collins said in an email Sunday that he cannot give specifics because federal authorities are investigating the Saturday incident.

Freeman said in a statement released by his publicist Saturday that neither he nor his pilot was hurt but “I cannot say the same about my plane.”

Mayor Bill Luckett of Clarksdale is a friend of the 78-year-old Oscar-winning actor. He told The Associated Press on Saturday that the plane blew a tire on takeoff and made an emergency landing.

The Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement emailed Saturday by spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen that the landing gear collapsed and the plane ran off the side of a runway.

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