Tributes pour in for NBC4 Los Angeles reporter, pilot killed in news helicopter crash

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Tributes pour in for NBC4 Los Angeles reporter, pilot killed in news helicopter crash. (2026, September 17). CBS News. https://www.cbsnews.com/video/tributes-pour-in-nbc4-los-angeles-reporter-pilot-killed-news-helicopter-crash/

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The Los Angeles community mourns following a news helicopter crash that killed three individuals: NBC4 Los Angeles reporter Eliana Moreno, pilot George Marciniw, and Edy Guitierrez Mejia, who was 29 years old. The incident occurred while Moreno and Marciniw were on an assignment for both NBC Los Angeles and Telemundo 52.

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On Tuesday evening, a news helicopter providing aerial coverage for NBC4 and Telemundo 52 in Los Angeles crashed, resulting in three deaths including reporter Eliana Moreno, pilot George Marciniw, and pedestrian Edy Gutierrez Mejia. The helicopter was covering the scene of an earlier fatal bus crash involving an SUV, which killed two people and injured several others. Witnesses reported seeing the helicopter explode upon impact; it had been providing live coverage between 5pm and 7pm local time, when it went down in the Chatsworth area of San Fernando Valley. NBC4 confirmed that Moreno and Marciniw were colleagues who had worked together since 2023, flying "hundreds of hours" during their tenure. The helicopter model involved, a Eurocopter AS 350 B2 Ecureuil, has been linked to at least six fatal accidents this year globally.

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Tributes pour in for NBC4 Los Angeles reporter, pilot killed in news helicopter crash The Los Angeles community is grieving after a news helicopter crashed, killing three people, including journalist Eliana Moreno and pilot George Marciniw, who were on assignment for NBC Los Angeles and Telemundo 52. asserted

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