Haunting images show charred aftermath of NBC helicopter with stations logo

Spine-chilling photos show the wrecked NBC chopper that killed three people when it went down Tuesday — with the station’s logo laying burned and shredded on the ground.The crash claimed the lives of NBC reporter Eliana Moreno, pilot George Marciniw, and pedestrian Edy Gutierrez Mejia.Photos from the aftermath of the crash show the decimated remains of News Chopper4.

Moreno and Marciniw worked together as a reporter-pilot helicopter crew for years.The biggest news, opinion and culture shaping California right now.

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Never miss a story It’s unclear why the helicopter crashed.Smoke and fire enveloped the crash site, which left no survivors.

Firefighters needed to extinguish the large flames caused by the crash, which lit nearby vehicles ablaze.The helicopter was in the air covering the scene of an SUV that had smashed into a city bus, killing two, Daniel Castillo and Gage Weida.Moreno is heard planning out the shot for the bus in her final moments, which were caught on video.“Can we plan our spot, George?” Moreno says at the beginning of the video.“Uh oh,” Moreno then says as an alarm sounds.“Can you… you can’t pull up?” Moreno says as the chopper shudders, causing the camera to shake.The video cuts out as the chopper rapidly descends.Veteran helicopter reporter Zoey Tur believes the video from the crash appeared to capture signs of an engine failure shortly before the helicopter went down.“If you listen, you could hear the low rotor RPM annunciator horn going off.

You could also hear the engine rev down.This was an engine failure, and slow response into entering an auto -rotation by PiC.

No survivors,” Tur wrote, noting in an accompanying post that she owned two similar helicopters.The helicopter circled the area for about an hour before its fateful uncontrolled descent, according to ...