A journalist and pilot were among the people killed when a news helicopter reporting for NBC L.A.crashed.
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bus collisionAdd to GoogleNBC Los Angeles helicopter crashes while covering fatal bus accident03:00A helicopter affiliated with NBC Los Angeles crashed while it was covering a fatal bus collision yesterday evening, killing the photojournalist and pilot on board and one person on the ground, the station and officials said. This is Morning Rundown, a weekday newsletter to start your day.Sign up here to get it in your inbox.The aircraft crashed in a parking lot close to a self-storage facility in the community of Chatsworth, which is in Los Angeles’ San Fernando Valley, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department and news video on the ground from NBC Los Angeles.The helicopter was operated by Angel City Air and affiliated with the news station, which broadcast that it had lost contact with those on board.“We knew it was a news chopper, we knew we’d lost contact with our people out there, and we’ve just received the confirmation that, in fact, NewsChopper 4 went down just before 7 o’clock tonight in Chatsworth,” anchor Colleen Williams said.The victims aboard the helicopter were identified by NBC Los Angeles as Angel City Air employees Eliana Moreno, an aerial photojournalist familiar to viewers of the station and its Spanish-language sister station, Telemundo 52, and pilot George Marciniw.
The two had been flying together since 2023.Here’s what we know about the victims.The helicopter crash occurred after two people were killed and others were injured in a crash between a Los Angeles Metro bus and a passenger vehicle, according to the fire depar...