According to the documentary Inside 'Licence to Kill' (2000), several mishaps and strange occurrences took place while filming the final climatic tanker chase. The sequence was filmed on the dangerous La Rumorosa Road, which had been closed down at the time of filming, because of the fatal accidents occurring on the snake-like twists and turns. Among the mishaps, involved the dummy rocket Sanchez (Robert Davi) used to bring down Pam's (Carey Lowell) plane. The rocket travelled two and a half miles, striking and injuring a telephone worker. Upon investigation, it was determined that the stretch of road, on which they were filming, was where a van with five nuns crashed and were killed. Bizarre incidents continued. Timothy Dalton was nearly added to the list of tragedies while filming the scene after James Bond releases the tanker to blow up the tanker trucks at the bottom of the hill, and jumps into the semi. All vehicles were cleared from the area, but when Dalton came around the curve, a vehicle was in his path, and he narrowly missed driving over the edge. If he had, Dalton likely would have been seriously injured, and possibly killed, due to the height of the hill the truck was on. John Glen and others stated that human figures would be seen standing around the fleet of Kenworth semis being used for filming. When challenged by security guards, they would simply disappear. Two semis caught fire for no apparent reason, and one started up and drove by itself a short distance before coming to a stop. However, the biggest creepy surprise occurred while filming the final tanker explosion, in which Bond sets Sanchez on fire, and his flaming body ignites the tanker truck into a huge explosion. The scene went off without a hitch, with the still photographer shooting photos while the scene took place. Upon reviewing the photos, the still photographer found one that contained what looked like a flaming hand (which you can see by doing a simple web search) coming out of the flames. Four cameras were set up to record the final explosion, but after reviewing the footage, the only glimpse of the hand was found on the still photograph. According to John Glen, a copy was made for him, but his wife refused to allow it in the house.

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