NTSB Preliminary Report: Warning Horns Went Off for News Helicopter that Crashed in Los Angeles
The report says live video and cockpit audio may help investigators, while the agency has not identified a probable cause.
- On Tuesday, the National Transportation Safety Board released a preliminary report detailing the September 15 helicopter crash in Chatsworth that killed three people, including aerial news reporter Eliana Moreno and pilot George Marciniw.
- An Airbus AS350 B2 helicopter maneuvered above a fatal SUV-bus collision at Nordhoff Street and De Soto Avenue to gather footage for NBC4 and Telemundo 52 when the aircraft began descending rapidly.
- Data show the aircraft decelerated to about 6 knots ground speed during the final minute before descending, while onboard video captured engine noise and alarms consistent with mechanical advisories during the last 29 seconds.
- Aerial news reporter Eliana Moreno, pilot George Marciniw, and bystander Edy Gutierrez Mejia died after the helicopter struck a metal storage container and burst into flames soon after impact.
- Experts including former U.S. Marine Corps helicopter pilot Jack Cress suggest the pilot may have encountered a "dead man's curve" scenario at low altitude, while a final report is expected in about 17 months.
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NTSB releases initial report on news helicopter crash that killed three
CHATSWORTH, Calif. (KESQ) - The National Transportation Safety Board released its preliminary findings today into the helicopter crash that killed a pilot and a TV news reporter and one person on the ground in Chatsworth as the chopper crew was covering an earlier crash that killed two people on a Metro bus. The crash of
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