A plane crash during the shoot of Tom Cruise's movie "Mena" killed two of the crew members. It also seriously injured a third person on Friday night in Medellin, Colombia.
A plane that was being used in production on the film, "Mena", crashed in Colombia on September 11. The small plane carrying the crew members allegedly ran into a bad weather after taking off from a small town near Medellin, USA Today claimed. The Civil Aviation Authority acknowledged the three people aboard that were involved in the crash, including pilot and actor Alan David Purwin, pilot Jimmy Lee Garland, and Colombian native Carlos Berl.
Well-known Hollywood stunt pilot Alan D. Purwin and Colombian Carlos Brel were killed and pilot Jimmy Lee Garlam was injured, according to Colombia's Civil Aviation Authority through a report by CNN. By chance, the actor who is also a trained pilot, was not in the small plane with the accident who was not authorized to discuss the matter.
However, the official of the aviation agency cannot fully reveal the condition of the incident because they were not authorized to talk about the matter. But it was ensured that the lead star Tom Cruise was not on the aircraft.
A source close to the actor revealed toHollywood Life that he is actually doing good after the incident, "Tom is fine. A plane used on the shoot crashed and people tragically died. It was right after Tom wrapped his scene, he wasn't in the plane. "
As claimed by L.A. Times, this is not the first time that a movie set encountered a crash. In fact, earlier this year, a helicopter crashed on the set of a French reality TV show in Argentina. Ten of the passengers were reportedly killed. In 2013, another helicopter crash in Acton for a Discovery Channel TV show claimed three lives. But what's worst is the film set accident in 1982 for the movie "Twilight Zone: The Movie". A helicopter crash near Santa Clarita killed actor Vic Morrow and two children.
Amidst the tragic incident, many of the actor's fans are thankful that he was not involved in the plane crash, but many are saddened the loss of the crew members . Meanwhile, Tom Cruise's "Mena" will still be released on January 6, 2017.
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