A real life tragedy took the lives of two crew members while on the set of Tom Cruise’s new movie.
According to the LA Times, it has been reported that a small plane carrying the two members and one other person crashed in Colombia.
A spokesman for Universal Pictures confirmed the reports with a statement:
“An aircraft carrying crew members crashed while returning to Enrique Olaya Herrera Airport in Medellin following [the] production wrap on the film ‘Mena’ resulting in two fatalities. 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.”
Pilot Alan D. Purwin, who has appeared in movies like “Jurassic World,” “Zero Dark Thirty” and “Indecent Proposal” as a pilot, was one of the victims. There has been no word on the third person’s condition.
Reports the crash was a result of bad weather but Tom Cruise, who is also a trained pilot, was not on board during the crash. He had actually wrapped up filming for the day.
Directed by Doug Liman, “Mena” is about a TWA pilot who worked for the cocaine drug lord Pablo Escobar.
We will definitely keep everyone involved in our prayers.
Sources Sited: LA Times
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-plane-crash-on-set-of-tom-cruise-movie-kills-two-people-20150911-story.html
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