Los Angeles news helicopter crash September 2026
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News helicopter crash in Los Angeles kills at least three
Moreno and Marciniw were employees of Angel City Air, a helicopter charter company that operated NBC Los Angeles' NewsChopper4.
Pilot George Marciniw was named as one of the three people killed in the crash.
In the bus crash being reported on, two people were killed and six others were injured when an SUV hit a city bus in Chatsworth.
“That helicopter community is a small group of people, and it's just devastating to know that this has happened to one of those people, to our friends and our colleagues at NBC4,”
Three dead in Los Angeles helicopter crash
Fire from the crash spread to four vehicles and two storage containers.
More than 70 firefighters were deployed to the scene of the helicopter crash.
The helicopter crashed just before 19:00 local time between two commercial buildings in the Chatsworth neighbourhood.
News helicopter crashes in Los Angeles, killing three
The earlier bus crash involved a Metro bus and an SUV, left two people dead and several others injured.
An SUV slammed into the middle of a city bus about two hours before the helicopter crash, killing at least two people and injuring six others.
Silverman described the helicopter as pretty well destroyed.