{"id":465887,"date":"2026-09-16T19:00:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T19:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/465887\/"},"modified":"2026-09-16T19:00:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T19:00:12","slug":"tv-reporter-and-pilot-who-died-in-los-angeles-helicopter-crash-were-covering-a-story-los-angeles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/465887\/","title":{"rendered":"TV reporter and pilot who died in Los Angeles helicopter crash were covering a story | Los Angeles"},"content":{"rendered":"

More details are emerging after a local news helicopter crashed<\/a> in a Los Angeles neighborhood on Tuesday evening, killing two people onboard and one person on the ground.<\/p>\n

Eliana Moreno, an aerial photojournalist, and pilot George Marciniw were identified as two of the victims.<\/p>\n

Authorities said the helicopter crashed<\/a> in the Chatsworth area, in the San Fernando valley, at around 7pm local time, while it was covering another deadly crash involving a bus and an SUV.<\/p>\n

The bus crash occurred at around 5pm local time, killing two people and sending multiple others to a hospital. The helicopter came down around two hours later, killing three people, officials said, and multiple people were also brought to a hospital.<\/p>\n

The helicopter was reporting for NBC4, the local NBC affiliate, the station announced <\/a>on Tuesday evening.<\/p>\n

During a later broadcast, Colleen Williams, an NBC4 Los Angeles news anchor, confirmed live on air<\/a> that two of the station\u2019s colleagues were onboard the helicopter and were killed in the crash. Williams identified them as Moreno and Marciniw.<\/p>\n

The third person killed was a pedestrian near the crash site, fire officials said, and their identity is unknown.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re coming on the air with heavy hearts tonight because we lost valued friends and colleagues just before 7pm,\u201d Williams said. \u201cNews Chopper 4 crashed in Chatsworth while on assignment tonight. Both people onboard and a third person on the ground were killed. Our crew was there covering a deadly crash involving a bus and an SUV just a couple of blocks away.\u201d<\/p>\n

The anchors said that Moreno was born and raised in Orange county and graduated from Chapman University with a degree in broadcast journalism and political science. Marciniw grew up in southern California<\/a> and graduated from Burbank high school in 1974. The two began flying together in 2023.<\/p>\n

\"LosLos Angeles news anchor confirms station’s deadly helicopter crash while on air \u2013 video<\/p>\n

The station\u2019s first story of the evening was \u201csupposed to be with News Chopper 4\u201d but that \u201call of a sudden, we lost contact with the chopper\u201d, the anchors said.<\/p>\n

NBC Los Angeles and Telemundo 52 issued a joint statement<\/a> expressing condolences: \u201cWe are deeply saddened to share that a helicopter providing aerial news coverage for NBC4 and Telemundo 52 was involved in a fatal accident in Los Angeles on Tuesday evening. We extend our heartfelt condolences to the families, friends and colleagues of those who lost their lives.\u201d<\/p>\n

At a news conference<\/a> on Tuesday night, Karen Bass, the mayor of Los Angeles, said that it was a \u201cvery, very, very tragic day\u201d for the city.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe lost five Angelenos today,\u201d Bass said. \u201cAnd my heart certainly go out to the family and friends of all of those that we lost. This is a heartbreaking night for our city and my thoughts and prayers are first and foremost with the families and loved ones that we lost today. Our hearts are with those impacted by the bus collision and the helicopter crash, and with the entire community who lost members of their team while they were doing their job.\u201d<\/p>\n

The National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation Administration said it will be investigating <\/a>the helicopter crash.<\/p>\n

Gavin Newsom, California\u2019s governor, released a statement<\/a> on Tuesday night on the incident, saying that \u201cour hearts are with the victims and families of tonight\u2019s devastating Metro bus and helicopter crashes in Chatsworth, and with the entire NBC4 family\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThank you to the first responders working tirelessly tonight,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"More details are emerging after a local news helicopter crashed in a Los Angeles neighborhood on Tuesday evening,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":465888,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[48,52,51,47,50,49],"class_list":["post-465887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465887","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=465887"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/465887\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/465888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=465887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=465887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=465887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}