On a Tuesday evening in the Chatsworth district of Los Angeles, a news helicopter fell from the sky between two commercial buildings, ending three lives and injuring a fourth. Among the dead was a pedestrian who had simply been crossing a parking lot — a reminder that catastrophe does not announce itself. As investigators began the slow work of piecing together what happened near Mason Avenue, the most basic questions — who was aboard, which organization sent them aloft, and why the aircraft came down — remained unanswered, suspended in the same uncertain air the helicopter once moved through.
News helicopter crashes in LA commercial area; 3 dead, 1 hospitalized
Three people killed and one hospitalized after news helicopter crashed in commercial area; one victim was a pedestrian in parking lot.