What to know about the victims of the NBC L.A. news helicopter crash

Tributes began pouring in Wednesday after a deadly news helicopter crash in Los Angeles left three people dead.

The crash took place just before 7p.m. local time on Tuesday in the Chatsworth area of San Fernando Valley, as the news chopper was covering a separate road traffic accident.

The helicopter was operated by Angel City Air and affiliated with 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. That individual has yet to be identified.

Moreno, in her late 30s, was born in Orange County, south of L.A..

She graduated from Chapman University in the area with a degree in broadcast journalism and political science in 2010, NBC Los Angeles reported.

Moreno joined Angel City Air’s helicopter team the same year and has reported for multiple Southern California news outlets.

A seasoned aerial journalist who also reported in Spanish, Moreno was known on her official Instagram account as, “Eli in the heli,” due to…

Original source: https://www.nbcnews.com/business