{"id":849383,"date":"2026-09-16T04:32:16","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T04:32:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/849383\/"},"modified":"2026-09-16T04:32:16","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T04:32:16","slug":"3-killed-1-injured-as-nbc-los-angeles-helicopter-crashes-while-covering-deadly-collision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/849383\/","title":{"rendered":"3 killed, 1 injured as NBC Los Angeles helicopter crashes while covering deadly collision"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Three people have been killed and another was injured after an NBC Los Angeles news helicopter crashed while covering a deadly SUV-bus crash, according to fire officials and preliminary reports. The identities of those killed have not been released.<\/p>\n<p>The crash was reported at 6:57 p.m. on Tuesday at 9151 North Mason Avenue in Chatsworth, a neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD).<\/p>\n<p>The aircraft came down between two commercial buildings, where firefighters found the helicopter and nearby vehicles engulfed in flames. An LAFD spokesperson said the helicopter sustained significant damage.<\/p>\n<p>Three people were pronounced dead at the scene and a fourth was taken to a local hospital in unknown condition, the LAFD said in an update. Officials did not immediately identify the victims. <\/p>\n<p>\tArticle continues below the player<\/p>\n<p>An LAFD spokesperson had earlier said one person killed appeared to have been a pedestrian in the parking lot.<\/p>\n<p>NBC LA had been recording the scene of a nearby collision between an SUV and a bus, which left two people dead and several others injured. Several news helicopters were operating in the area at the time.<\/p>\n<p>The station\u2019s stream showed the helicopter slowly descending toward the ground before the feed suddenly cut off. NBC LA anchors later said they were having trouble contacting their colleagues.<\/p>\n<p>The cause of the helicopter crash was not immediately known. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will handle the investigation.<\/p>\n<p>This is a breaking news alert. Please check back or follow <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BNONews\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">@BNONews<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BNODesk\" rel=\"nofollow\">@BNODesk<\/a> on X\/Twitter as details become available. You can also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bnonews\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">like us on Facebook by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: TV news helicopter crashes during live shot of bus crash in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>The helicopter belongs to NBC Los Angeles (KNBC-TV). No word yet on casualties. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kXwgr5meOP\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/kXwgr5meOP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 BNO News (@BNONews) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BNONews\/status\/2100045119739039821?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">September 16, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Three people have been killed and another was injured after an NBC Los Angeles news helicopter crashed while&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":849384,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4,450,2356,831,451,118472,199316,100031,3,452,453,21],"class_list":["post-849383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-california","tag-featured","tag-headlines","tag-helicopter-crash","tag-los-angeles-california","tag-nbc-los-angeles","tag-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories","tag-united-states"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/849383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=849383"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/849383\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/849384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=849383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=849383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=849383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}