Dwell video taken from a Los Angeles TV news helicopter just before it crashed is among the many “most essential proof” investigators have as they work to find out the reason for the lethal incident, in line with the Nationwide Transportation Security Board.
NTSB investigator-in-charge Fabian Salazar advised reporters Wednesday that the stay video feed from NBC Los Angeles helicopter reporter Eliana Moreno and her pilot George Marciniw “might be crucial proof that we’ve got found to date.”
NTSB investigator-in-charge Fabian Salazar begins the on-scene examination September 16, 2026 of the Eurocopter AS 350 B2 helicopter that crashed September 15 throughout a information gathering operation in Chatsworth, Calif.
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Individuals examine the aftermath of a information helicopter crash in Chatsworth, a neighborhood in Los Angeles, Sept. 16, 2026.
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The ultimate moments of the printed from contained in the chopper present the helicopter shaking as alarms start to sound. They begin to fall and a voice asks, “You may’t pull up?” earlier than the feed is lower off.
“What we’re going to do is get a pristine copy of that recording and ship it to our recorder’s lab for a sound spectrum evaluation, as a result of in that recording, we’re clearly listening to sounds which might be per the engine altering its velocity,” Salazar mentioned. “We’re additionally listening to tones which might be being generated which might be probably advisories to the pilots.”
A memorial for Eliana Moreno and George Marciniw who died in a helicopter crash is seen on the web site of the place their helicopter used to park at Whiteman Airport in Los Angeles, Sept. 16, 2026.
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Moreno, Marciniw, and an individual on the bottom, 29-year-old Edy Gutierrez Mejia, have been all killed when the information chopper crashed between two business buildings in Chatsworth on Tuesday night, officers mentioned. A fourth particular person was taken to a hospital, officers mentioned.
NBC Los Angeles mentioned Moreno and Marciniw “logged tons of of hours collectively within the sky” on tales together with the January 2025 wildfires.
KNBC photojournalist Eliana Moreno and pilot George Marciniw have been killed when their information reporting helicopter crashed in Chatsworth, a suburban neighborhood of Los Angeles, September 15, 2026.
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On this picture from video offered by the Whiteman Airport Coalition, Eliana Moreno describes her job as a helicopter reporter, on the Whiteman Airport in Pacoima, Calif., July 13, 2026
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The NBC Los Angeles helicopter was amongst a number of information choppers within the space on the time masking a lethal collision between a Metro bus and an SUV that unfolded about two hours earlier.
The bus and SUV crash left two individuals lifeless and several other others injured, authorities mentioned. The SUV driver, Bailee Lynn Rios, is being held on suspicion of homicide for her alleged position within the bus crash, in line with police.
A vigil might be held in Chatsworth on Thursday night, in line with NBC Los Angeles.
The NTSB mentioned it’ll launch its preliminary report on the chopper crash in 30 days, including {that a} remaining report with a trigger may take as much as 18 months.
An aerial view of the aftermath of a information helicopter that crashed in Chatsworth, a neighborhood in Los Angeles, Sept. 16, 2026.
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