Plane used by Tom Cruise movie crew crashes in Colombia

BOGOTA, Colombia—A small plane assigned to the crew of a movie starring Tom Cruise crashed in Colombia on Friday, killing two people aboard and injuring a third, the country’s civilian aviation authority said.

An official with the aviation agency, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the matter, said Cruise was not on the aircraft.

The spokesperson said two American pilots and a Colombian were on the plane, but authorities were still trying to identify which of the two people died.

The official said the twin-engine Aerostar ran into bad weather late Friday afternoon after taking off from a small colonial town near Medellin.

Cruise, a trained pilot, arrived last month in Colombia to film a movie called “Mena,” about a pilot who worked for the late cocaine kingpin Pablo Escobar.

Cruise’s spokeswoman, Amanda Lundberg, had no comment.