{"id":465175,"date":"2026-09-16T03:36:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T03:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/465175\/"},"modified":"2026-09-16T03:36:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T03:36:12","slug":"chatsworth-helicopter-crash-today-news-helicopter-crash-in-los-angeles-california-leaves-3-dead-near-site-of-fatal-bus-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/465175\/","title":{"rendered":"Chatsworth helicopter crash today: News helicopter crash in Los Angeles, California leaves 3 dead near site of fatal bus crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A helicopter crashed and burst into flames in Los Angeles on Tuesday evening, sending a thick plume of black smoke into the air.<\/p>\n<p>WLS<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"WABC logo\" class=\"awXxV NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl CfkUa EknAv NwgWd \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/origin-wabc.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Wednesday, September 16, 2026 3:29AM<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">LOS ANGELES &#8212; A news helicopter crashed and burst into flames near the scene of a deadly bus collision in Los Angeles on Tuesday evening. At least three people are dead.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">One person on the ground was killed in the helicopter crash in the 9100 block of Mason Avenue in Chatsworth, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. The LAFD later said a total of three people died in the crash and one person was hospitalized in unknown condition.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"hsDdd NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl vBqtr KrDt itslR zFTjo hakZw HlUVI \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1789529772_891_19837475_crash.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Authorities said it was unknown how many people were aboard the helicopter. It was also unclear whether anyone from the helicopter was transported to a hospital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The crash occurred near the scene of a large bus crash that left at least two people dead.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Firefighters said the helicopter was fully engulfed in flames when they arrived.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">An investigation into the cause of the crash is ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 WABC-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A helicopter crashed and burst into flames in Los Angeles on Tuesday evening, sending a thick plume of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":465176,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[183185,7,9,8,183187,183188,183194,183192,591,183190,183191,51,183193,183189],"class_list":["post-465175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-183185","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news","tag-chatsworth-crash","tag-chatsworth-helicopter-crash","tag-chatsworth-news","tag-crash-in-chatsworth","tag-helicopter-crash","tag-helicopter-crash-la","tag-la-helicopter-crash","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles-helicopter-crash","tag-news-helicopter-crash"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=465175"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465175\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/465176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=465175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=465175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=465175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}