I crash-landed inside an active volcano
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I crash-landed inside an active volcano

B1IntermediateJuly 27, 202640 min

Chris Duddy survived 28 hours in Hawaii's Kīlauea volcano after his helicopter crashed. Cinematographer Chris Duddy has worked on some of Hollywood’s biggest movies like Titanic and Terminator 2. Filming in extreme conditions is part of his job, and he loves it, but nothing could prepare him for the day the helicopter he was in crashed inside the crater of an active volcano. It was November 1992 and he was flying over the Big Island of Hawaii shooting footage for the end of the Hollywood thriller Sliver. The shot involved flying over the active Kīlauea volcano, but duri...

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This BBC podcast is supported by ads outside the UK. Listen now, search for the documentary wherever you get your BBC podcasts. You can't do it now so that you have great choices, but less points. Of course, I can.

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Well, of course, you can. In reality, yes. Prisma. Big choices. Little points. And then the next thing he says is, hold on, we're going down.

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And that's really something you don't want to ever hear a pilot say. It's November 1992, and cameraman Chris Duddy is up in a helicopter flying over the big island of Hawaii. He's with the pilot Craig Hosking and the director of photography, Mike Benson. And their plan is to get aerial shots of an active volcano.

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