Los Angeles news helicopter crash: What we know about victims, investigation

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NTSB gives details on California helicopter crash

NTSB gives details on California helicopter crash

(KTLA) — Three people died when a local television news helicopter crashed Tuesday night in Los Angeles’ Chatsworth neighborhood while covering a Metro bus crash that claimed the lives of two bus passengers in the same area.

As the NTSB begins its investigation into the chopper crash, reporter Eliana Moreno and pilot George Marciniw are being mourned by their colleagues at KNBC NBC4 in Los Angeles and across the area’s journalism community.

Here’s what we know about the crash and the three victims who lost their lives.

KNBC helicopter crash investigation

The news helicopter was providing live aerial coverage of a fatal collision involving an SUV and a Metro bus for NBC4 and Telemundo 52 when it fell from the sky just before 7 p.m., crashing between two commercial buildings at 9151 N. Mason Ave.

The blaring sound of a warning could be heard as the camera angle started to descend.

“You can’t pull up?” Moreno asks Marciniw. The camera starts shaking, and then the signal cuts out.

The explosion caused several nearby vehicles and storage containers to erupt in flames.

“NTSB is investigating the Sept. 15 crash of a Eurocopter AS 350 B2 helicopter in Chatsworth, California,” the agency posted at 2:49 a.m. Wednesday.

The NTSB had not released any preliminary cause of the crash as of Wednesday morning, only telling Nexstar’s KTLA, “We continue to gather information at this time.”

At Wednesday’s press conference, investigator-in-charge Fabian Salazar said that investigators will be on scene “pretty much all day” gathering evidence, including witness statements.

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