Eliana Moreno, an aerial photojournalist-reporter, was engaged to be married. George Marciniw, a veteran pilot, was planning on retiring soon. Edy Gutierrez Mejia, a tourist from Guatemala, had arrived in L.

The news team at NBC4 was covering the deadly collision involving a Metro bus in Chatsworth on Tuesday night when, just a few blocks away, a helicopter crashed. There were several

The fatal crash of a news helicopter in Los Angeles on Tuesday brought to light the dangers such aircraft face in big cities.

NBC4 anchors announced the deaths of their colleagues live on air after a deadly Los Angeles helicopter crash, while CNN shared new footage from the incident.

Los Angeles has been viewed from above by news helicopters for nearly seven decades. When there was a wildfire, a mudslide or O.J. Simpson fleeing the police across its ribbons of highway, an “eye in the sky” tracked it and advised millions how to keep out of harm's way.

A journalist and pilot who were on board the news helicopter when it crashed had flown hundreds of hours together since 2023.

At a news conference Wednesday, federal transportation officials said the most critical information available so far has been audio captured from the helicopter during its final, live broadcast moments before it crashed.