An engaged reporter, a soon-to-retire pilot and a young tourist: What we know about the LA helicopter crash victims, tell me about this news in (https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/an-engaged-reporter-a-soon-to-retire-pilot-and-a-young-tourist-what-we-know-about-the-la-helicopter-crash-victims/ar-AA2cp4De?ocid=BingNewsVerp)
17-09-2026
The article details a tragic incident involving NBC4 and Telemundo 52’s news helicopter (NewsChopper 4), which crashed in the Chatsworth neighborhood of Los Angeles while reporting on a separate fatal collision between a bus and an SUV.
The three victims killed in the incident were:
Eliana Moreno (The Engaged Reporter): A seasoned Los Angeles journalist and photojournalist for NBC4 / Telemundo 52 (employed via helicopter operator Angel City Air). She had recently gotten engaged less than a year prior to the crash and was on board providing aerial coverage.
George Marciniw (The Veteran Pilot): An experienced pilot nearing retirement who was operating the helicopter for Angel City Air when the aircraft encountered trouble and went down.
Edy Gutierrez Mejia (The Young Tourist): A 29-year-old tourist from Guatemala who was tragically killed on the ground when the helicopter crashed between two commercial buildings near Mason Avenue and Nordhoff Street.
The crash resulted in an immediate fire that damaged nearby vehicles and storage units, injured two individuals on the ground, and prompted an active investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to determine the cause of the failure.