On a Tuesday evening in Chatsworth, northwest of Los Angeles, a news helicopter dispatched to document one tragedy became a tragedy of its own — crashing in flames near a storage facility and killing at least three people. The aircraft, NewsChopper4, had been racing toward the scene of a fatal bus collision when it went down, collapsing the distance between witness and event in the most irreversible way. As federal investigators begin sifting through the wreckage, the crash invites a quiet reckoning with the risks borne by those whose work it is to bring disaster into our living rooms.
NBC News Helicopter Crashes in Los Angeles, Killing 3
At least three people killed in the helicopter crash, with a fourth injured; one victim confirmed in a parking lot near the crash site.