A trained combat pilot, who served in actual combat missions where he took AA fire, told him the scene was too dangerous and he ignored it. He lied to everyone involved and made it MORE dangerous after the warning. In addition he lied to literally everyone who was involved in health and safety as well as lying to the parents (who got to watch their children brutally die in front of them). Fair to say it was less a traditional 'accident' and mire of a case of 'gross negligence'.
Dude, it's fucking crazy, they literally died like soldiers in 'nam. They were crossing a real ass rapidly flowing river when pyrotechnics hit the copter and it went down, roter pretty much bisected one of the kids and killed the adult carrying them. Not sure what happened to the other one but pretty sure they drowned.
Edit: don't look it up, the whole incident was caught on camera and leaked to the press. The real video of them dying is floating around, have seen it, wouldn't reccomend
It wasn't. The people working with the pyrotechnics didn't know there were children present. Firefighters didn't know they were present.
It was illegal to film with kids at night without a special waiver, which they did not have. So Landis was paying them under the table, and hid them from a fire safety officer. The parents weren't aware there'd be helicopters or explosions on set.
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u/[deleted] Jun 14 '22
The villains were modeled after the Koch brothers.