Plane crash on Tom Cruise's film set leaves 2 dead

Actor was not on the plane carrying crew members who had just wrapped up work on 'Mena'

A plane crash during the shoot of actor Tom Cruise’s upcoming film Mena left two people dead and one person seriously injured in Colombia, according to the country's aviation authority and production banner Universal Pictures.

The accident took place on Friday, reported CNN. The crew members had just wrapped up work on the new film Mena, Universal Pictures said in a statement.

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Colombia's Civil Aviation Authority confirmed the crash and two deaths. Pilot Alan D Purwin was one of the people killed, said Jack Snyder, an executive at Helinet Aviation, which owns the plane.

Tom Cruise with Alan D Purwin. PHOTO: INSTAGRAM

Purwin has endowed Hollywood movies and TV series with sweeping aerial footage as a pilot carrying camera teams since working on the production of Airwolf in 1984. He also appeared in cameo roles as a pilot in many productions including Jurassic World, Zero Dark Thirty and Indecent Proposal.

PHOTO: FIRE DEPARTMENT OF SAN PEDRO/EPA

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Purwin's twin engine propeller plane crashed in the town of San Pedro de los Milargros in the region of Antioquia, the aviation authority said.

Tom Cruise on the set of Mena. PHOTO: DAILYMAIL

The plane was en route from the city of Medellin, according to a post on the aviation authority's Twitter account.

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As per reports, Cruise was not on the plane.

"On behalf of the production, our hearts and prayers go out to the crew members and their families at this difficult time," read the statement from Universal Pictures.