Netflix will remove footage of a real fiery train disaster from its hit post-apocalyptic survival film "Bird Box" months after the streaming giant was criticized for exploiting a tragedy. The stock footage was taken from a 2013 crash in the Quebec town of Lac-Megantic when a train carrying crude oil came off the tracks and exploded into a massive ball of fire, killing 47 people. Netflix licensed the footage from the stock image vendor Pond 5 and used it in "Bird Box" in an early TV news montage. 'BIRD BOX' SETS NEW STREAMING RECORD FOR NETFLIXPond 5 in January said the footage "was taken out of context" and apologized. Nexflix changed its mind and said Friday it will replace the footage with an outtake from a former TV series in the U.S.

Source: Fox News March 17, 2019 13:30 UTC