News Copter Crash Claims the Lives of Three
Numerous news outlets are reporting the crash of an NBC TV station helicopter in suburban Los Angeles that claimed the lives of pilot George Marciniw, photojournalist Eliana Moreno and a bystander on the ground. The Eurocopter AS350 was in use by KNBC-TV “NBC4” and Telemundo 52 and was covering a fatal bus collision in Chatsworth. The cause of the crash is not known yet but CNN is reporting that “video from inside the helicopter moments before it struck the ground includes sounds of the engine losing power and a warning alarm seemingly alerting the pilots to the main blades slowing down.”