NBC helicopter crash in LA kills at least three people with others injured
Officials said the helicopter was covering an earlier bus collision when it crashed, and investigators are examining multiple possible causes.
- A helicopter crashed Tuesday night in Chatsworth, in Los Angeles’ San Fernando Valley, near the site of an earlier fatal collision between an SUV and a Metro bus.
- At least three people were killed, with authorities reporting that another person was taken to a hospital, although details about that person's condition remained unclear.
- The helicopter reportedly went down in a commercial/industrial area and caught fire, damaging several parked vehicles and nearby property before firefighters brought the blaze under control.
- The cause of the crash has not been determined, and the National Transportation Safety Board and Federal Aviation Administration are investigating the circumstances of the accident.
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LA Helicopter Crash Kills 3 While Covering Fatal Bus Crash
A local NBC news helicopter crashed in a Los Angeles neighborhood on Tuesday and bust into flames, killing at least three people while reporters were covering the near crash of an SUV and a city bus, official said. Colleen Williams, an NBC4 Los Angeles anchor, confirmed during a live broadcast...
A helicopter used for the shooting of NBC4 Los Angeles and Telemundo 52 crashed in Chatsworth, San Fernando Valley, while following from above another serious road accident. In the impact three people died and a fourth was taken to the hospital. The aircraft, NewsChopper4, was operated by Angel City Air and fell between two commercial buildings, causing a fire. It has not yet been clarified how many of the victims were on board. The causes of th…
A local NBC news helicopter crashed on Tuesday in a neighborhood in Los Angeles and burst into flames. At least three people died in the crash, which occurred...
In Los Angeles, a helicopter belonging to one of the television stations that was broadcasting the live broadcast crashed near the scene of a city bus accident. At least three people were killed, and longtime anchor Colleen Williams told viewers in a shaky voice: "We've lost contact with our colleagues."
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