News Helicopters in LA: A Double Tragedy Highlights Safety Concerns The crash of a news helicopter in Los Angeles on Tuesday evening has left three people dead and one injured, sparking widespread shock and grief.
The incident is all too familiar to those who follow the city's news landscape, where helicopters are ubiquitous, ferrying journalists to breaking stories.
The helicopter in question, NewsChopper4, was an NBC affiliate en route to cover a deadly bus accident when it crashed near a storage building in the Chatsworth neighborhood.