NBC Los Angeles helicopter crash kills three in Chatsworth
Reporter Eliana Moreno, pilot George Marciniw and a person on the ground died in the NewsChopper4 crash. The cause remains under investigation.
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A helicopter providing aerial coverage for NBC Los Angeles and Telemundo 52 crashed in the city's Chatsworth neighborhood on the evening of September 15, killing two people aboard and one person on the ground. The crew had been covering a nearby bus collision.
NBC identified the aircraft as NewsChopper4, operated by Angel City Air. The two people killed aboard were aerial reporter Eliana Moreno and pilot George Marciniw, both employees of the operator. Moreno reported from the air for NBC4 and Telemundo 52.
Los Angeles Fire Department records put the emergency call at 6:57 p.m. on North Mason Avenue. The helicopter came down between two commercial buildings and caught fire. Fire officials later said the blaze had been extinguished. Four cars and two storage containers were damaged, but the fire did not spread to the buildings.
The station initially lost contact with its aerial crew. Anchor Colleen Williams later confirmed on air that NewsChopper4 had crashed. Her voice shaking, she told viewers the team needed a few minutes to process the news. NBC4 reporter Robert Kovacik, who had been covering the bus collision on the ground, saw black smoke and rushed to the helicopter crash site, the Associated Press reported.
Fire officials initially reported that one person had been taken to hospital. At a later news conference, an official put the number at two, according to the AP. Their conditions had not been released.
The earlier collision involved an SUV and a Metro bus. Fire officials initially reported two deaths and six people taken to hospital. NBC Los Angeles later cited Metro as saying the death toll from that collision had risen to three. Together, the two incidents killed six people.
The National Transportation Safety Board said it was investigating the crash of a Eurocopter AS350 B2 in Chatsworth, with investigators expected at the scene on the morning of September 16. The Federal Aviation Administration will also take part. The cause of the crash has not been announced.
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