News Helicopter Crashes in Chatsworth Covered Live, Leaving Three Dead Near Metro Bus Collision Scene
CHATSWORTH, California — A television news helicopter providing live aerial coverage of a fatal Metro bus accident crashed into an industrial storage facility on Tuesday evening, leaving three people dead and marking a double tragedy in the San Fernando Valley. As confirmed by regional media outlets, including CBS Los Angeles, the broadcast aircraft went down shortly before 7:00 p.m. at 9151 North Mason Avenue in Chatsworth, just blocks from the earlier bus collision at Nordhoff Street and De Soto Avenue. Impact Site and Fire OperationsAccording to dispatch records from the Los Angeles Fire Department, the aircraft—identified as NewsChopper4, serving NBC4 and Telemundo 52—lost control while broadcasting live and plummeted between two commercial buildings near a warehouse loading dock. The impact sparked an intense fire that engulfed the helicopter, two large storage containers, and four parked vehicles. Firefighters deployed multiple hose lines to suppress the flames and prevent the fire from spreading to adjacent structures. Fatalities, Hospitalizations, and Victims IdentifiedEmergency responders confirmed three fatalities at the scene. LAFD officials confirmed that one victim was a warehouse worker on the ground who was struck in the parking lot when the aircraft came down. Station representatives at NBC4 later confirmed that aerial reporter Eliana Moreno and pilot George Marciniw were aboard the helicopter and perished in the crash. Two additional individuals were transported by paramedics to a local trauma center for medical evaluation. Federal Aviation InvestigationInvestigators with the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) arrived on scene to secure the wreckage and lead the technical investigation. Federal investigators will examine flight telemetry, air traffic control communications, and aircraft maintenance logs to determine the cause of the crash.
CHATSWORTH, California — A television news helicopter providing live aerial coverage of a fatal Metro bus accident crashed into an industrial storage facility on Tuesday evening, leaving three people dead and marking a double tragedy in the San Fernando Valley. As confirmed by regional media outlets, including CBS Los Angeles, the broadcast aircraft went down shortly before 7:00 p.m. at 9151 North Mason Avenue in Chatsworth, just blocks from the earlier bus collision at Nordhoff Street and De Soto Avenue. Impact Site and Fire OperationsAccording to dispatch records from the Los Angeles Fire Department, the aircraft—identified as NewsChopper4, serving NBC4 and Telemundo 52—lost control while broadcasting live and plummeted between two commercial buildings near a warehouse loading dock. The impact sparked an intense fire that engulfed the helicopter, two large storage containers, and four parked vehicles. Firefighters deployed multiple hose lines to suppress the flames and prevent the fire from spreading to adjacent structures. Fatalities, Hospitalizations, and Victims IdentifiedEmergency responders confirmed three fatalities at the scene. LAFD officials confirmed that one victim was a warehouse worker on the ground who was struck in the parking lot when the aircraft came down. Station representatives at NBC4 later confirmed that aerial reporter Eliana Moreno and pilot George Marciniw were aboard the helicopter and perished in the crash. Two additional individuals were transported by paramedics to a local trauma center for medical evaluation. Federal Aviation InvestigationInvestigators with the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) arrived on scene to secure the wreckage and lead the technical investigation. Federal investigators will examine flight telemetry, air traffic control communications, and aircraft maintenance logs to determine the cause of the crash.
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