,'” Byrd said in a statement. “In July of 2017, our office referred the case to the Georgia Department of Revenue for investigation. We did not receive evidence, a report, or information that a crime occurred from the DOR. Accordingly, our office closed this case.”
The production did not win the California tax credit lottery, which prompted much of the shooting to move to Georgia. However, the scenes involving the water rescue on the Hudson were filmed in a large tank at the Universal lot.and witness interviews, the production bought two decommissioned A320 planes for use in California.
The production even shipped a small piece of airplane fuselage to a lot in Atlanta, ostensibly to use as a “cover set” in case of inclement weather. The piece was never used and was later sold for scrap. The fuselage piece appeared on the invoice at a cost of $350,000 — matching the cost of one of the decommissioned planes used in California. The other expenses on the invoice matched expenses that were also incurred in California.