<Tr> <Th> Operator </Th> <Td> Western Helicopters </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Registration </Th> <Td> N87701 </Td> </Tr> <P> On July 23, 1982, a Bell UH - 1 Iroquois helicopter crashed at Indian Dunes in Valencia, Santa Clarita, California, during the making of Twilight Zone: The Movie . The crash killed three people on the ground--actor Vic Morrow and two child actors, Myca Dinh Le and Renee Shin - Yi Chen--as well as injuring the six helicopter passengers . The incident led to years of civil and criminal action and was directly responsible for the introduction of new procedures and safety standards within the filmmaking industry . </P> <P> The film featured four sequences, one of which was based on a 1961 Twilight Zone episode, "A Quality of Mercy ." In the script, character Bill Connor (Morrow) is a bigot who travels back in time to suffer through various eras of persecution, such as Nazi - occupied Europe and the racial segregation of the American South during the mid-20th century . He then finds himself in the midst of the Vietnam War, where he decides to protect some Vietnamese children from American troops . </P>

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