Video Shows NBC Helicopter Plunge That Killed Three
Video Shows NBC Helicopter Plunge That Killed Three
The News
New surveillance video shows the moment an NBC Los Angeles news helicopter plunged toward the ground in Chatsworth and burst into flames, killing all three people on board.
The dead are NBC reporter Eliana Moreno, who was covering a story at the time, pilot George Marciniw, and a visitor from Guatemala, according to USA Today.
The crash happened Tuesday at about 7 p.m. local time. Moreno's family has shared a public tribute to her, the Daily Mail reported.
Timeline
The NBC Los Angeles helicopter goes down in Chatsworth, in the northwest San Fernando Valley, while Moreno is covering a news story. Three people on board are killed.
New surveillance footage published by the Daily Mail and The Sun shows a fresh angle of the aircraft tumbling toward the ground before it bursts into flames.
USA Today identifies the three people killed: Moreno, Marciniw and a Guatemalan visitor.
Reactions
Moreno's family has shared a tribute to the reporter, according to the Daily Mail, which first published the new surveillance video.
USA Today profiled Moreno as a journalist who died on the job while covering a story in Los Angeles.
The Sun described the newly surfaced CCTV as showing the helicopter plummeting and then catching fire — the clearest view yet of the final seconds of the flight.
What's Next
The newly released footage is likely to become evidence in the examination of what brought the helicopter down. No cause has been released in the reporting so far.
Identification of the third victim — described in the reporting only as a Guatemalan visitor — has not yet been made public.
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Chatsworth sits at the northwest edge of Los Angeles, in the San Fernando Valley. The helicopter was working as a news aircraft for NBC's Los Angeles station when it went down.
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