Three dead as NBC news helicopter crashes in Los Angeles
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Neutral summary
An NBC news helicopter covering the aftermath of a bus crash in Los Angeles went down on the evening of September 15, killing three people. The victims were reporter Eliana Moreno, pilot George Marciniw, and pedestrian Edy Fernando Gutierrez Mejia, a Guatemalan national who had arrived in the city just two days earlier. Earlier that day, an SUV collided with a Metro bus in the Chatsworth area, killing two people and injuring six others. The SUV driver, Bailee Lynn Rios, has been arrested on suspicion of murder, with bail set at up to $4 million. The National Transportation Safety Board has opened an investigation, reviewing dashcam footage and the helicopter's maintenance records.
How it was framed
Outlets: 99. Countries: 26. Facts in the shared core: 4.
Publication timeline
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New York Post (outlet profile)
SUV gets lodged inside Metro bus in frightening LA crash. Two people were killed and several others injured Tuesday when an SUV slammed into a Metro bus in the San Fernando Valley.
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BNO News (outlet profile)
BREAKING: TV news helicopter crashes during live shot of bus crash in Los Angeles. The helicopter belongs to NBC Los Angeles (KNBC-TV). No word yet on casualties. https://t.co/kXwgr5meOP
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New York Post (outlet profile)
Helicopter crashes in fireball near site of deadly LA bus crash. A helicopter crashed in a fiery wreck near the site of a fatal bus crash in Chatsworth on Tuesday. Larges flames were seen covering the ground a…
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GB News (outlet profile)
TV helicopter crashes live on air in LA while filming horror bus collision that killed two. A media helicopter crashed live on air in Los Angeles, California, as it was filming the scene of a bus crash which happened ju…
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BNO News (outlet profile)
UPDATE: 1 person on the ground confirmed dead after news helicopter crashes in Los Angeles. Crew still unaccounted for, fire department says
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The Mirror (outlet profile)
LA helicopter crash live: Chopper 'goes down' and bursts into flames near horror bus crash. As per reports, the aircraft came down in the San Fernando Valley on Tuesday (15 September) night, not far from the scene of a…
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CBS News (outlet profile)
1 dead after Los Angeles news helicopter crashes in San Fernando Valley. The crash happened near the spot of a deadly Metro bus crash in Chatsworth.
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ABC News (outlet profile)
1 dead after helicopter crashes in LA near site of earlier fatal bus crash. The crash happened in Chatsworth, a suburban neighborhood
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NBC News (outlet profile)
Helicopter crashes in Los Angeles, killing at least one. A helicopter crashed in the Chatsworth community of Los Angeles on Tuesday evening, killing one person who appeared to have been on the ground, fire officials sai…
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BNO News (outlet profile)
UPDATE: 3 people confirmed dead, including 1 person on the ground, and 1 more taken to hospital, LAFD says
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Newsweek (outlet profile)
Helicopter Crashes Near Fatal Bus Accident in Los Angeles: What We Know. The helicopter crash is near the site of a fatal crash involving a vehicle and a bus in the Chatsworth neighborhood.
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Times of India (outlet profile)
Horrifying video from inside chopper as it goes down while covering LA bus crash
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G1 (outlet profile)
Helicóptero cai em Los Angeles e deixa ao menos três mortos. Um helicóptero caiu em Los Angeles, nos Estados Unidos, e três pessoas foram declaradas mortas no local, informou o Corpo de Bombeiros de Los Angeles em uma p…
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ТАСС (outlet profile)
CBS: в Лос-Анджелесе упал вертолет. Погибли по меньшей мере три человека, сообщил телеканал
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Mash (outlet profile)
Теле-вертолёт прилетел снимать жёсткое ДТП с автобусом в Лос-Анджелесе — и сам рухнул рядом с местом аварии. Погибли два человека. В Чатсуорте внедорожник врезался в общественный транспорт. ДТП унесло жизни как минимум…
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Российская газета (outlet profile)
CBS: Один человек погиб при крушении новостного вертолета в США. В США разбился вертолет, который СМИ использовали для прямых трансляций при освещении различных событий. Об этом сообщает телеканал CBS .
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The New York Times (outlet profile)
Helicopter Crashes in Los Angeles County, Killing 3. The authorities did not immediately confirm who was operating the helicopter or how many people were aboard. One person was taken to a hospital, the Los Angeles Fire…
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News.ru (outlet profile)
Три человека погибли при крушении новостного вертолета в США. Трое человек погибли при крушении новостного вертолета в Лос-Анджелесе, передает CBS. Авария произошла поздно вечером во вторник, 15 сентября, в долине Сан-Ф…
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Коммерсантъ (outlet profile)
Новостной вертолет разбился во время освещения смертельной аварии в Лос-Анджелесе. Новостной вертолет телеканала KNBC потерпел крушение в Лос-Анджелесе рядом с местом смертельной аварии. Об этом сообщает New York Post.
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SHOT (outlet profile)
Момент крушения телевизионного вертолёта в американском Лос-Анджелесе. Предварительно, погибли три человека. Вертушка KNBC-TV прилетела снимать аварию с автобусом в Чатсуорте. Во время полёта у воздушного судна произошл…
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The Independent (outlet profile)
Helicopter crashes and kills at least 3 people near a bus crash in Los Angeles. Officials say a helicopter crashed in Los Angeles and killed at least three people near a deadly bus crash
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TASS (англ.) (outlet profile)
Three killed as helicopter crashes in Los Angeles. Another person was injured
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M24.ru (outlet profile)
Три человека погибли в результате крушения новостного вертолета в США. Вертолет рухнул недалеко от места крупного ДТП
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RT - Daily news (outlet profile)
Fiery news helicopter crash kills three in Los Angeles (VIDEOS). A news helicopter has crashed while covering a fatal road accident in Los Angeles, killing three people Read Full Article at RT.com
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Fontanka.ru (outlet profile)
Вертолет телевизионных новостей разбился в Калифорнии
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Lenta.ru (outlet profile)
Телевизионный вертолет снял собственное крушение в прямом эфире
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Fox News (outlet profile)
3 dead, 1 hospitalized after news helicopter crashes in Los Angeles commercial area. Three people were killed and another was hospitalized after a news helicopter crashed between two commercial buildings in Chatsworth,…
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Metropoles (outlet profile)
Helicóptero cai em Los Angeles e deixa três mortos. . Segundo os bombeiros de Los Angeles, o acidente ocorreu entre dois prédios comerciais
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The Independent (outlet profile)
Three dead after news helicopter covering bus accident crashes in Los Angeles. At least three people have died after a news helicopter crashed into a parking lot in Los Angeles , according to officials and local media r…
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Clarín (outlet profile)
Un helicóptero se estrella en Los Ángeles (EE.UU.) y deja tres muertos. Un helicóptero se estrelló en Chatsworth, provocando un incendio y dejando tres muertos y un herido. El fuego fue extinguido rápidamente. La NTSB y…
Factual core
- A news helicopter crashed in Los Angeles, killing at least three people.
- At least three people were killed in the helicopter crash.
- The helicopter was an NBC News helicopter.
- The helicopter was covering a fatal bus crash at the time of the incident.
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