On a Wednesday evening in Chatsworth, Los Angeles, a television news helicopter fell between two commercial buildings, killing three people — including a pedestrian who simply happened to be standing beneath the wrong patch of sky — and sending a fourth to the hospital. The aircraft came down while other news crews circled nearby covering a separate incident, a coincidence that blurs the line between witness and subject in ways that will take time to untangle. As investigators from the NTSB and FAA begin their work, the event stands as a reminder that the machinery of bearing witness carries i
TV News Helicopter Crashes in Los Angeles, Three Dead
Three people killed in the crash, including one pedestrian struck on the ground; one additional person hospitalized in unknown condition.