Major Accidents That Happened On The Set of a Film

Twilight Zone: The Movie

Some Twilight Zone worthy mishaps occurred during the filming of a scene with a helicopter in Vietnam. The protagonist of the film was supposed to be getting chased by American soldiers during a staged battle in the Vietnam war. The scene was shot from a hovering helicopter that the driver momentarily lost control of and decapitated the director of the film. A wrongful death lawsuit was filed but the case was so bizarre that it was dismissed as a true accident and left in the cold. 

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