Event Brief
Dashcam shows NBC helicopter plummeting before crash
By The BriefBrief · Sources (14)
Filed: Sep 17, 2026 at 4:05 PM ET
Summary: Newly released dashcam video from a Los Angeles driver shows an NBC and Telemundo 52 helicopter rapidly descending moments before a fiery crash that killed three people. The helicopter was covering a separate deadly collision involving an SUV and a city bus at the time.
WHO: Year Valencia
WHAT: Dashcam video captured an NBC and Telemundo 52 helicopter rapidly descending before a fiery crash killed three people.
WHEN: Sep 15, 2026
WHERE: Los Angeles, California, USA
WHY: The helicopter was covering a separate deadly collision involving an SUV and a city bus.
Sources (14):
ABC News,
Al Jazeera,
BBC News,
CBS News,
Fox News,
NBC News,
NPR,
New York Times,
PBS NewsHour,
The Hindu,
The Independent,
WBIR 10News,
WFLA,
WTSP 10 Tampa Bay
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