Chatsworth helicopter crash: 3 killed, including NBCLA pilot and aerial reporter
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- PBS NewsHourseen 17 Sept, 08:08headline rewritten
3 people killed in news helicopter crash while covering LA bus collisionDriver arrested in a bus collision that happened before a deadly news helicopter crash in LA - abc7news.comseen 18 Sept, 05:54headline rewritten
3 killed after TV news helicopter crashes near site of deadly Los Angeles bus collisionReporter, pilot and pedestrian ID'd as 3 killed in Los Angeles TV news helicopter crash - wnmufm.orgseen 18 Sept, 05:54URL changed
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- wcbe.orgseen 18 Sept, 05:54URL changed
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- fox5dc.comseen 18 Sept, 05:54description edited
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Three people died after a NBCLA news helicopter crashed in Chatsworth. The cause of the crash is unknown.A news helicopter providing coverage for NBCLA crashed in Chatsworth, killing three people.
- aspenpublicradio.orgseen 18 Sept, 05:54URL changed
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- onenewspage.comseen 18 Sept, 05:54headline rewritten
News Helicopter Crash Kills at Least 3 in Los AngelesNews Helicopter Crash in Los Angeles Kills at Least 3
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Wed, 16 September 2026
61 reports- fox29.com02:17first to report
Three people died after a NBCLA news helicopter crashed in Chatsworth. The cause of the crash is unknown.
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- fox5dc.com16 Sept, 02:17their copy
- abc7news.com02:36edited after publishing
previously
3 killed after TV news helicopter crashes near site of deadly Los Angeles bus collisionA TV news helicopter belonging to KNBC in Los Angeles crashed and burst into flames near the scene of a deadly bus collision on Tuesday evening, killing reporter Eliana Moreno, pilot George Marciniw, and a pedestrian on the ground identified as Edy Gutierrez Mejia.
- clickondetroit.com02:46
Officials say a news helicopter for NBC and Telemundo 52 crashed in Los Angeles and killed at least three people.
- BBC News World02:55
The NBCLA news helicopter was flying near the scene of a fatal bus crash.
- Times of India03:14
- Google News - Top Stories03:20
Three dead in Los Angeles news helicopter crash BBC Helicopter providing coverage for NBCLA, Telemundo 52 crashes in Los Angeles NBC Los Angeles 3 dead after news helicopter crashes while covering L.A. bus accident The Washington Post 3 killed in TV news helicopter crash while covering deadly L.A. bus collision ktla.com NBC4 helicopter crashes in Chatsworth, killing 3: ‘A deeply traumatic day’ Los Angeles Times
- onenewspage.com03:22edited after publishing
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News Helicopter Crash Kills at Least 3 in Los AngelesA news helicopter crashed in Los Angeles while covering a fatal bus accident, killing at least three people, including an NBC4 Los Angeles journalist, officials said. The helicopter burst into flames near the scene where an SUV had collided with a city bus. Authorities did not immediately confirm how many people were aboard.
- mymotherlode.com03:35
Officials say an NBC news helicopter crashed in Los Angeles and killed at least three people. NBC4 Los Angeles anchor Colleen Williams confirmed during live broadcasts Tuesday that the station’s chopper went down just before 7 p.m. She says two people on the helicopter were killed. An official says one person outside in a parking lot was killed. The helicopter was covering a fatal bus accident. Officials say two people were killed and six others were injured after an SUV crashed into a city...
- bakersfieldnow.com03:48
A helicopter crashed in Los Angeles on Tuesday, killing at least three people near a deadly bus crash, officials said.
- ABC News (Australia)03:49
The NBCLA media outlet has confirmed the helicopter was one of its news choppers which had been flying in the area while reporting on the bus crash.
- upnorthlive.com04:03
A helicopter crashed into a Los Angeles parking lot Tuesday, killing at least three and sending one to the hospital. Officials say it is unclear how many were on board. NTSB and FAA are investigating.
3 reprints
- cnycentral.com16 Sept, 04:03their copy
- fox11online.com16 Sept, 04:03their copy
- bakersfieldnow.com16 Sept, 04:03their copy
- NPR News04:06
A news helicopter used by NBC and Telemundo crashed in a Los Angeles neighborhood on Tuesday, killing at least three people while reporters were covering the nearby crash of an SUV and a city bus.
5 reprints
- wnmufm.org16 Sept, 04:06their copy
- aspenpublicradio.org16 Sept, 04:06their copy
- wcbe.org16 Sept, 04:06their copy
- wysu.org16 Sept, 04:06their copy
- PBS NewsHour16 Sept, 16:54their copy
- breitbart.com04:07
A television news helicopter crashed in Los Angeles, California, while filming the scene of a bus accident on Tuesday night.
- Euronews04:22
The helicopter crashed near a storage building in the San Fernando Valley, as news crews were covering a car accident that left at least two dead and six others injured
- RMF24 (Poland)04:26
Śmigłowiec runął na ziemię. Są ofiary śmiertelne
- The Guardian World04:32
Accident occurred as news crews in Los Angeles were covering a bus crash that had killed at least two people hours earlier A news helicopter crash in a Los Angeles neighborhood has killed at least three people, after it came to the ground and burst into flames near the site of a bus crash that occurred hours earlier. The helicopter crashed near a one-storey commercial building in the neighborhood of Chatsworth in the San Fernando Valley, as news crews were covering the bus crash that left at...
- Le Figaro (France)04:42
VIDÉO - L’équipe à bord de l’appareil était en train de filmer le site d’un accident entre une voiture et un bus qui avait fait également trois morts et de nombreux blessés.
- Die Zeit (Germany)04:44
- Index.hr (Croatia)04:46
U LOS Angelesu se srušio novinarski helikopter NBC-ja koji je izvještavao o prometnoj nesreći. U padu su poginule najmanje tri osobe, a jedna je ozlijeđena. Uzrok nesreće se još istražuje.
- 24sata (Croatia)04:48
Tri osobe poginule su u padu helikoptera u Chatsworthu, dok je jedna osoba prevezena u bolnicu, a istragu nesreće provode nadležni organi.
- Der Spiegel (Germany)04:59
Mindestens drei Menschen sind in Los Angeles bei einem Hubschrauberunglück ums Leben gekommen. Der Helikopter war offenbar unterwegs, um von einem Busunglück zu berichten.
- France Info (France)05:00
L'appareil survolait un quartier de Los Angeles pour filmer le site d'une collision entre un SUV et un bus.
- Novinky (Czechia)05:00
Vrtulník zpravodajství americké televize 4NBC v úterý večer místního času havaroval při živém vysílání zásahu při nehodě autobusu na předměstí Los Angeles. Při incidentu, o kterém informují americká média, zahynuly nejméně tři osoby.
- South China Morning Post05:01
An NBC local news helicopter crashed in the Chatsworth area of Los Angeles on Tuesday evening, killing three people, NBC said during a live television broadcast. NBC Los Angeles anchors on air identified the aircraft as their NewsChopper 4 helicopter. “We’ve been telling you that we’ve been piecing it together here. We knew it was a news chopper. We knew we’d lost contact with our people out there, and we’ve just received the confirmation that, in fact, NewsChopper 4 went down just before 7...
- Al Jazeera English05:07
NBC Los Angeles helicopter crashes while covering deadly metro bus collision from the air.
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- aljazeera.com16 Sept, 05:07their copy
- tportal (Croatia)05:08
Tri su osobe poginule, a četvrta je prevezena u bolnicu nakon pada helikoptera na području Chatswortha u Los Angelesu u utorak navečer, objavila je vatrogasna služba Los Angelesa na društvenim mrežama
- Wirtualna Polska (Poland)05:34
Trzy osoby zginęły po tym, jak helikopter NBC rozbił się na przedmieściach Los Angeles. Maszyna, która relacjonowała na żywo skutki śmiertelnego wypadku autobusu w dzielnicy Chatsworth, spadła między dwa budynki komercyjne.
- asiaone.com05:34
LOS ANGELES — A local NBC news helicopter crashed in a Los Angeles neighbourhood on Tuesday (Sept 15) and burst into flames, killing at least three people while reporters were covering the nearby crash of an SUV and a city bus, officials said.Colleen Williams, an NBC4 Los Angeles anchor, confirmed during a live broadcast that the station's chopper went down...
- theglobeandmail.com05:37
The helicopter crashed as news crews were covering a collision that left at least two people dead
- thelinkpaper.ca05:39
NBC’s Colleen Williams on Wednesday confirmed that it was NewsChopper 4 that crashed in LA, killing three. The incident took place near the crash site in Chatsworth where an SUV ploughed into a Metro bus, killing at least two. During a visibly emotional live coverage on NBC4, veteran news anchor Colleen Williams confirmed it was […]
- La Repubblica (Italy)05:40
L’emittente stava riprendendo un incidente mortale che aveva coinvolto un autobus e un altro mezzo
- DW Top Stories05:55
A helicopter belonging to an NBC news affiliate was covering a large traffic accident in the southern California city when it crashed. The cause is currently unclear.
- iheart.com06:07
A news helicopter crash in Los Angeles on Tuesday night killed three people and injured another. The helicopter, operated by NBC4 and Telemundo 52, crashed while covering a separate bus accident in Chatsworth. Investigations by local, state, and federal authorities are underway to determine th...
- iheart.com06:07
A news helicopter crash in Los Angeles on Tuesday night killed three people and injured another. The helicopter, operated by NBC4 and Telemundo 52, crashed while covering a separate bus accident in Chatsworth. Investigations by local, state, and federal authorities are underway to determine th...
- iheart.com06:07
A news helicopter crash in Los Angeles on Tuesday night killed three people and injured another. The helicopter, operated by NBC4 and Telemundo 52, crashed while covering a separate bus accident in Chatsworth. Investigations by local, state, and federal authorities are underway to determine th...
- iheart.com06:07
A news helicopter crash in Los Angeles on Tuesday night killed three people and injured another. The helicopter, operated by NBC4 and Telemundo 52, crashed while covering a separate bus accident in Chatsworth. Investigations by local, state, and federal authorities are underway to determine th...
- iheart.com06:07
A news helicopter crash in Los Angeles on Tuesday night killed three people and injured another. The helicopter, operated by NBC4 and Telemundo 52, crashed while covering a separate bus accident in Chatsworth. Investigations by local, state, and federal authorities are underway to determine th...
- iheart.com06:07
A news helicopter crash in Los Angeles on Tuesday night killed three people and injured another. The helicopter, operated by NBC4 and Telemundo 52, crashed while covering a separate bus accident in Chatsworth. Investigations by local, state, and federal authorities are underway to determine th...
- Le Monde English06:14
The Los Angeles Fire Department said three people died on the scene, with one patient in 'unknown condition.'
- nbcbayarea.com06:17
- Polsat News (Poland)06:22
Trzy osoby zginęły, a czwarta trafiła do szpitala po katastrofie helikoptera w Chatsworth na przedmieściach Los Angeles - przekazała agencja Reutera. Maszyna była wykorzystywana przez lokalne stacje telewizyjne NBC4 Los Angeles oraz Telemundo 52 i relacjonowała tragiczny wypadek autobusu, do którego doszło nieopodal, w którym również były ofiary śmiertelne.
- Anadolu Agency (AA)06:34
'One patient has been transported to a local hospital in unknown condition,' says Los Angeles Fire Department
- ABC (Spain)06:39
Al menos tres personas han fallecido y una permanece hospitalizada en Los Ángeles, Estados Unidos , después de que un helicóptero que realizaba una cobertura informativa para las filiales locales de las cadenas NBC y Telemundo se estrellara cuando cubría un accidente de tráfico.El Departamento de Bomberos de Los Ángeles ha informado en un comunicado de que han sido cuatro personas las atendidas por los servicios de emergencias, que «han confirmado la muerte de tres de ellos en el lugar de los...
- iDNES (Czechia)06:57
Pád vrtulníku v Los Angeles si vyžádal tři mrtvé, jeden člověk skončil v nemocnici, sdělil místní hasičský sbor. Helikoptéra patřila místní pobočce stanice NBC a na místě informovala o nehodě autobusu.
- Google News - Top Stories07:16
3 dead after news helicopter reporting for NBC L.A. crashes while covering fatal bus collision NBC News Los Angeles helicopter crash: 3rd victim identified after NBC4 helicopter crashes in Chatsworth ABC7 Los Angeles News Choppers Gathered in the Los Angeles Sky. Then One Fell to Earth. The New York Times 3 killed in TV news helicopter crash while covering deadly L.A. bus collision KTLA ‘We’ve lost contact’: NBC4 covers its own helicopter tragedy with grief, purpose Los Angeles Times
- edenmagnet.com.au07:25
A local TV news helicopter has gone down while covering a bus crash in Los Angeles, leaving three...
- El País (Spain)07:30
El aparato cubría desde el aire el choque de un autobús municipal con otro vehículo
- wnyc.org07:45
- english.news.cn07:45
3 dead in helicopter crash in Los Angeles-
- english.news.cn07:45
3 dead in helicopter crash in Los Angeles-
- Tagesschau (Germany)07:46
Sie wollten über einen schweren Autounfall in Los Angeles berichten - stürzten dann aber selbst mit ihrem TV-Helikopter ab. Bei dem Unglück in Los Angeles kamen mindestens drei Menschen ums Leben, es könnte aber noch mehr Opfer geben.
- Wirtualna Polska (Poland)08:15
Tragiczny wypadek helikoptera w Los Angeles. Maszyna rozbiła się na parkingu w pobliżu miejsca, gdzie wcześniej doszło do śmiertelnego wypadku autobusu. W zdarzeniu zginęły co najmniej trzy osoby, a jedna została przewieziona do szpitala. Moment katastrofy został zarejestrowany podczas relacji stacji NBC.
- Libération (France)08:42
NBC4 avait dépêché mardi l’appareil qui devait filmer les images d’une collision survenue entre un bus et un SUV. L’accident de l’engin a entraîné la mort de trois personnes dont une au sol.
- Al Jazeera English09:05
NBC helicopter crashes in LA, killing at least three
- The Hill12:04
Multiple helicopters were over the scene of a bus crash nearby when the chopper descended.
- Channel News Asia12:55
An NBC4 reporter and pilot were killed when their news helicopter crashed while covering a deadly bus accident in a Los Angeles neighbourhood.
- Google News - Top Stories13:09
What to know about the victims of the NBC Los Angeles news helicopter crash NBC News Los Angeles news helicopter crash: What we know about victims, investigation KTLA Woman arrested, 2 victims ID'd in violent crash involving SUV that slammed into Metro bus in Chatsworth ABC7 Los Angeles 3 people killed when NBC and Telemundo news helicopter crashes while covering LA bus collision 10News.com They were the ‘eyes and ears of the sky.’ NBC4 helicopter crew were SoCal news veterans Los Angeles Times
- ocregister.com18:17
The driver of an SUV, a Simi Valley woman, was arrested on suspicion of murder.
- nbclosangeles.com18:42
- nbclosangeles.com19:24
- 2news.com20:30
A motorist was arrested on murder charges after authorities say she slammed her SUV into a city bus in Los Angeles, killing at least two people and injuring six others
Thu, 17 September 2026
3 reports- ABC News (Australia)04:16
Bailee Lynn Rios is accused of driving her SUV the wrong way down a busy Los Angeles avenue, running a red light, hitting a vehicle and a public bus, killing at least two people.
- Google News - Top Stories11:40
The L.A. Helicopter Crash Highlights a Sky Full of Hazards The New York Times NBC4 chopper’s final moments: a blaring alarm, loss of altitude and panic. Why did it crash? Los Angeles Times Tustin native Eliana Moreno remembered for her homegrown roots NBC Los Angeles Driver involved in deadly collision with Metro bus identified, arrested for murder KTLA Memorial grows for victims killed in NBC Los Angeles helicopter crash in Chatsworth cbsnews.com
- The Hill12:21
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.