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Add to Google NBC Los Angeles anchor on deadly chopper crash: 'We are heartbroken' 03:41 Get more news on Share Add NBC News to Google Sept. 16, 2026, 5:09 AM EDT / Updated Sept. 16, 2026, 3:47 PM EDT By Adela Suliman and Alicia Victoria Lozano Tributes began pouring in Wednesday after a news helicopter crashed in Los Angeles, leaving three people dead.
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 road traffic accident.
Angel City Air operated the helicopter, which was providing news coverage for NBC Los Angeles.
The victims aboard the helicopter were identified as Eliana Moreno, a journalist familiar to viewers of the station and its Spanish-language sister station, Telemundo 52, and pilot George Marciniw. The pair began flying together in 2023.
A pedestrian on the ground was also confirmed to have died at the scene, officials said. Authorities identified the third victim as Edy Gutiérrez Mejia, 29.
Zareh Sevanesian, who witnessed the crash, said the helicopter was swaying before it started losing altitude.
"It was just getting lower and lower and lower and lower," he said on NBC's "TODAY" show.
NBC Los Angeles and Telemundo 52 issued a joint statement expressing condolences for the pair.
"We are deeply saddened to share that a helicopter providing aerial news coverage for NBC4 and Telemundo 52 was involved in a fatal accident in Los Angeles on Tuesday evening," the stations said. "We extend our heartfelt condolences to the families, friends and colleagues of those who lost their lives."
Moreno, 38, was born in Orange County, south of Los Angeles.
She graduated from Chapman University in Orange, with a double degree in broadcast journalism and social science in 2010, according to the university.
"We are grateful to know that she went on to pursue her passion for journalism and storytelling as a reporter," university spokesman Bob Hitchcock said in a statement Wednesday.
"Our hearts go out to Eliana's family, friends, colleagues, and all those who knew and worked with her," Hitchcock continued. "We extend our deepest condolences to everyone mourning her loss."
Moreno joined Angel City Air's helicopter team the same year and has reported for multiple Southern California news outlets since.
A seasoned aerial journalist who also reported in Spanish, Moreno was known on her official Instagram account as "Eli in the heli" due to her work. There, she shared pictures of her chickens and pet dogs and, last year, a video of her engagement to Robert Barrientos.
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