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News helicopter crash in Los Angeles results in three fatalities during collision coverage
Just the facts
The crash of the NBC Los Angeles news helicopter resulted in three fatalities, including a pilot and a journalist, while leaving one additional person hospitalized. The aircraft went down between two commercial buildings near the site of a bus collision that had occurred hours earlier and resulted in two deaths. Firefighters and emergency responders extinguished the flames after the helicopter caught fire upon impact. Officials from the National Transportation Safety Board launched an investigation to determine the cause of the aviation accident.
Why this is news
A news helicopter reporting on an earlier fatal bus collision in Los Angeles crashed in Chatsworth, California, triggering a response from emergency crews and federal investigators.
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