On July 23, 1982, a *** plane crashed while filming the sci-fi horror film "Twilight: The Big Movie". This terrible tragedy resulted in the injury of 6 people on *** and the death of 3 actors on the ground. There are two children among the three actors: Myca Dinh Le from Vietnam and Renee Shin-Yi Chen from China. The accident later sparked a lawsuit that lasted for years, but the results upset many people.
At the scene of the accident, the character Bill Connor (actor Vic Morrow) is transported back in time to the middle of the Vietnam War. At this time, he transforms into a Vietnamese man, protecting two small children from American soldiers.
Director John Landis violated California's child labor laws by hiring 7-year-old Myca Dinh Le and 6-year-old Renee Shin-Yi Chen for the film without permission. Landis knew that it was difficult to obtain a permit for scenes involving ** objects, so he illegally hired the two child stars. The people who play these kids don't know that they're going to be up close or personal with ** things or ***. In addition, according to labor laws, children are not allowed to work at night, which is another rule that the Twilight crew violated.
This deadly scene was filmed in the Indian dunes of California. In this scene, actor Vic Morrow's character walks his two children out of an abandoned village and across a shallow river, where they are chased by American soldiers and *** flying overhead. The pilot of this *** is a former American soldier who fought in Vietnam, Dorcey Wingo (Dorsey Wingo).
During the filming, Wengo maneuvered *** flight at a distance of about 7 from the ground6 meters at a height, hovering near a large detonator. When *** turns 180 degrees to prepare for the next scene, the detonator is triggered, while the tail rotor of the aircraft is still above it. * Causes the rotor blades to break and separate from the tail, causing the *** to lose control of low-altitude flight.
Meanwhile, Vic Morrow threw Renee Shin-Yi Chen into the water. When he tried to grab the girl, ** crashed on him and his two children. The tragic result was that Vic Morrow and Myca Dinh Le's necks were severed by ***'s propeller, while the little girl, Renee Shin-Yi Chen, was crushed to death.
During the trial, the defense argued that the detonator was triggered at the wrong time. An eyewitness testified that executive producer Dan Arlingham instructed Dorsey Wengo to leave the area when the detonator was triggered, but director John Landis radioed *** to request *** to descend further, causing *** to get out of control.
Photographer Stephen Ledeck also testified that John Landis had previously ignored warnings about the accident and even seemed to joke about the loss of ***
The accident led to civil and criminal lawsuits against members of the film crew, which lasted ten years. Daniel Lee, the father of Myca Dinh Le, testified that when it happened, he heard director John Landis ask to fly lower. All four parents of two children testified that they were not informed in advance of the fire on set or that there was ***
Despite overwhelming evidence of negligence on the part of director John Landis, to the outrage of the public, there is a lack of conviction or accountability for the actor's death as a result of the accident. Directors John Landis, Dorcey Wingo and several others were tried and acquitted of manslaughter in nine-month trials held in 1986 and 1987. The families of the two children received millions of dollars in compensation for the tragic accident.