Event Brief
NBC Los Angeles helicopter crash kills journalist and pilot
By The BriefBrief · Sources (13)
Filed: Sep 16, 2026 at 2:00 PM ET
Summary: An NBC Los Angeles NewsChopper4 helicopter crashed in the city’s suburbs while reporting near the scene of a fatal bus crash. Photojournalist Eliana Moreno and pilot George Marciniw were among three people killed. Fire officials also reported a pedestrian death and two people taken to hospital from the bus crash scene.
WHO: Eliana Moreno; George Marciniw; NBC Los Angeles (NewsChopper4)
WHAT: NBC Los Angeles NewsChopper4 helicopter crashed while reporting near a fatal bus crash scene; three people were killed, including Moreno and Marciniw.
WHEN: Sep 15, 2026
WHERE: Los Angeles suburbs, California
WHY: The cause of the crash has not been reported.
Sources (13):
ABC News,
Al Jazeera,
BBC News,
CBS News,
Fox News,
NBC News,
NPR,
PBS NewsHour,
The Hindu,
The Independent,
WBIR 10News,
WFLA,
WTSP 10 Tampa Bay
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