What to know about the victims of the NBCLA news helicopter crash

Summary by The San Francisco Editorial Desk · Byline on the source page: Adela Suliman and Alicia Victoria Lozano | NBC News, as published by NBC Bay Area (KNTV, NBC) · September 16, 2026 · 1 min read

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Tributes began pouring in Wednesday after a news helicopter crashed in Los Angeles, killing three people. The crash occurred just before 7 p.m. local time Tuesday in the Chatsworth area of the San Fernando Valley, as the news chopper was covering a traffic accident. Angel City Air operated the h...

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