Plane crash on Tom Cruise movie set leaves two crew members dead.
Two crew members working on the set of Tom Cruise's latest film Mena were killed after a plane they were travelling in crashed in Colombia.
Two pilots along with crew members were in the small twin-engine aircraft when it came down in bad weather near Medellin.
The plane was being used during shooting to transport crew members between locations and the local airport.Hollywood actor Tom had finished filming earlier that day and wasn’t on board, according to TMZ.
“An aircraft carrying crew members crashed while returning to Enrique Olaya Herrera Airport in Medellin following production wrap on the film Mena resulting in two fatalities," a spokesperson for Mena's distributor Universal Pictures told Mirror Celebs.
"Further details are not available at this time. On behalf of the production, our hearts and prayers go out to the crew members and their families at this difficult time.”
The film, directed by Doug Liman who was behind Mr and Mrs Smith and The Bourne Identity, follows real-life drug smuggler Barry Seal (Cruise) who used to be a former TWA pilot.Filming started in May in Georgia and the actor arrived in Medellin just last month on August 20 to scout for locations.
It's due for release in January 2017.
From Daily Mirror.
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