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Three killed, two injured after NBC NewsChopper 4 helicopter crashes while covering LA collision

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An NBC Los Angeles NewsChopper 4 Eurocopter AS350 B2 crashed in Chatsworth while covering an earlier fatal bus collision, killing an aerial journalist, the pilot and a person on the ground. Two other people were hospitalized after the helicopter descended onto a commercial property.

Discovered 2026-09-15T19:50:45.654055-07:00 | 2026-09-15T19:50:45.654055-07:00

Briefing

What Hype is tracking

  • The crash killed three people—including the pilot, an aerial journalist and a person on the ground—and injured two others, underscoring the risks of news-gathering helicopter operations near active incident scenes.
  • The aircraft was identified as a Eurocopter AS350 B2 operated as NBC4 Los Angeles’ NewsChopper 4; the accident will be relevant to operators reviewing helicopter flight procedures, mission risk and scene coordination.
  • No previous Airflow clusters provide relevant context for this event.

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Vertical Mag La Dépêche Wings AviationPros helicoptersmagazine.com today.com
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First Seen
2026-09-15T19:50:45.654055-07:00
Latest Update
2026-09-17T09:08:45.454718-07:00
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