Three dead after LA news helicopter crashes while covering deadly bus collision
Three people died and two were hospitalized after an NBC Los Angeles news helicopter crashed in the Chatsworth neighborhood of Los Angeles. The aircraft was in the area covering a separate deadly bus collision when it went down between two commercial buildings. The National Transportation Safety Board has been tasked with leading the investigation into the incident.
- ▪The helicopter, identified as NewsChopper4, crashed just before 19:00 local time between two commercial buildings in Chatsworth.
- ▪NBC Los Angeles confirmed the deaths of two crew members, Eliana Moreno and George Marciniw, while a third victim on the ground was also killed.
- ▪More than 70 firefighters were deployed to the scene to manage fires that spread to four vehicles and two storage containers.
- ▪The crash occurred while the helicopter was reporting on a bus collision that had earlier killed two people and injured six others.
- ▪California Governor Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass issued statements expressing their condolences to the victims' families.
3 outlets in our directory ran this story, first to last over 4 hours. All of the coverage we found sits in one bucket: lean left. That one-sidedness is itself worth noticing.
- ▪ Los Angeles helicopter crash kills at least three people with others injured — The Guardian — World
- ▪ Helicopter Crashes in Los Angeles County, Killing 3 — NYT — US
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Three dead after LA news helicopter crashes while covering deadly bus collision<div class="ssrcss-1553su4-ErrorMessage eitf6465"><div class="ssrcss-h7lv7m-StyledInnerContainer eitf6464"><div class="ssrcss-nbxsk2-TextContent eitf6461"><h2 type="normal" class="ssrcss-89o2pv-Heading e10rt3ze0">To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.</h2><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10">This video can not be played</p></div></div></div>Figure caption, Smoke and flames rise from Los Angeles fatal helicopter crash siteBySareen HabeshianReporting fromLos AngelesPublished16 September 2026, 03:55 BSTUpdated 1 minute agoThree people have died and two others taken to hospital after a news helicopter crashed in suburban Los Angeles, fire authorities in the city have said.NBC Los…
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