{"id":2147660,"date":"2026-09-16T14:09:42","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T11:09:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2147660"},"modified":"2026-09-16T14:09:42","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T11:09:42","slug":"deadly-los-angeles-news-helicopter-crash-dispatch-audio-reveals-chaotic-response","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2147660","title":{"rendered":"Deadly Los Angeles News Helicopter Crash: Dispatch Audio Reveals Chaotic Response"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/d7\/16by9\/2026\/09\/16\/d7968e0b4d324531a0940c0ac65d55ca_xl.png&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article class=\"article article--permalink \">\n<header class=\"article__header\">\n<h1 class=\"article__header--headline-title\">Deadly Los Angeles News Helicopter Crash: Dispatch Audio Reveals Chaotic Response<\/h1>\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\"><span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">Los Angeles News Helicopter Crash<\/span><span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-uppercase h1\">Listen to Frantic Response to Fiery Scene<\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"social-media-container\" role=\"region\">\n<ul class=\"social social--sm\">\n<li>\n<div class=\"media-swipe\">Exclusive<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"social-item\">\n<li class=\"social-item\">\n<li class=\"social-item\"><\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=tmz.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"google-preferred-btn js-track-link\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-btn__icon\" src=\"https:\/\/static.tmz.com\/tmz-web\/img\/article\/google-icon.svg\" alt=\"Google\" loading=\"lazy\"><span class=\"google-preferred-btn__title\">Add TMZ on Google<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"byline\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/pages\/about\/\">TMZ Staff<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"date-wrapper\">\n                                                                        Published <time class=\"published-datetime\" datetime=\"2026-09-16T07:09:42-07:00\"><br \/>\n                              September 16, 2026<br \/>\n                            7:09 AM PDT<\/time><span class=\"divider\">|<\/span><br \/>\n                                                                Updated <time class=\"updated-datetime\" datetime=\"2026-09-16T07:56:25-07:00\"><br \/>\n                                  September 16, 2026<br \/>\n                                7:56 AM PDT<\/time><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article__blocks clearfix\">\n<section id=\"cb-fb8ee8c004d81566e9a804c9b1f98686\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-8fb9b5b0-f99d-4f0b-8f3e-98d7467204a5-1855118773-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/49\/16by9\/2026\/09\/16\/49986d564ac841d9aacd11496a4059e0_md.png\" alt=\"nbc-helicopter-crash-audio-1\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer id=\"video-player-8fb9b5b0-f99d-4f0b-8f3e-98d7467204a5-1855118773-footer\" class=\"media-footer video-block__media-footer\"><span class=\"media-launch-text video-block__media-launch-text\">SOUNDS FROM THE SCENE<\/span><\/footer>\n<div class=\"video-block__media-info\">\n<div class=\"video-block__media-permalink\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/watch\/nbc-4-helicopter-crash-dispatch-audio-09-16-2026\/\">Video: NBC 4 Helicopter Crash Dispatch Audio<\/a><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">Broadcastify<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-be6ba847ea1955ea38cf1edb90ea5158\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Dispatch audio from the tragic helicopter crash that killed two NBC4 reporters in Los Angeles and a pedestrian reveals the frantic response as authorities scramble to coordinate help.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-167cad1aa7b542bfebdab05dc4172b56\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>In the audio, obtained by TMZ, law enforcement is heard calling for multiple units from police and fire response &#8230; mentioning a helicopter that collided with a structure.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-c6de00f185ba809cb0053ad86a251bec\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-34081391-339a-4fb5-993a-87f04f28e933-1591655489-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/c4\/16by9\/2026\/09\/16\/c4f16d2141fe479b9f97831a64177ded_md.png\" alt=\"091626_helicopter_crash_KAL\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer id=\"video-player-34081391-339a-4fb5-993a-87f04f28e933-1591655489-footer\" class=\"media-footer video-block__media-footer\"><span class=\"media-launch-text video-block__media-launch-text\">Fatal Chopper Crash<\/span><\/footer>\n<div class=\"video-block__media-info\">\n<div class=\"video-block__media-permalink\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/watch\/los-angeles-news-helicopter-crashes-in-fiery-wreck-09-16-2026\/\">Video: Los Angeles News Helicopter Crashes in Fiery Wreck<\/a><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">FOX 11<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-2308a20ae93b6a1469609894ec38aa05\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>The dispatcher is later heard clarifying that the type of chopper that went down was, in fact, a news helicopter &#8230; and multiple units rush to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/09\/15\/helicopter-bursts-into-flames-in-los-angeles-crash-killing-at-least-one\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>fatal crash<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-1af4ada2cda2d1c927a7c5056b3d2040\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Next, officers start closing off the streets surrounding the crash scene &#8230; due to fuel leakage concerns.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-4f8c9a7269a71991d1730587441d37e9\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-twitter-tweet-block canvas-twitter-tweet-block-permalink canvas-twitter-tweet-block--default  \">\n<div id=\"cb-4f8c9a7269a71991d1730587441d37e9-2001186396-target\" class=\"d-flex justify-content-center\">\n      <a class=\"twitter-timeline\" data-width=\"500\" data-height=\"750\" data-dnt=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GlobalRpt_?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">Posts by GlobalRpt_<\/a><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-3f2740308faf23f688f79f2456bfd203\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>As we previously reported, the helicopter crashed while the news crew was covering a deadly bus crash that killed at least two others in the Chatsworth area.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-0563c96f137f7ff39ded1c9e9fed7780\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>NBC4 later confirmed on-air that the aircraft was theirs.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-44c2bd3b88c995f41820e684fd64df0b\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\"><a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260916_b17c283020384c25849d7abea32d0624\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:8708d56b-b6e5-44d1-b5ab-174f53adaf90\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/b1\/4by3\/2026\/09\/16\/b17c283020384c25849d7abea32d0624_md.jpg\" alt=\"George Marciniw and Eliana Moreno insta 1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-3872041ab79b04aa91b5733e3578f017\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>Reporter <strong>Eliana Moreno<\/strong> and pilot\u00a0<strong>George Marciniw <\/strong>were later <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/09\/16\/nbc-los-angeles-helicopter-crash-victims-identified\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>identified<\/strong><\/a> as the victims in the helicopter. The pedestrian who died in the crash has yet to be ID&#8217;d.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-f163614997c8bdf619a795d495f2cdec\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>NBC Los Angeles and Telemundo 52 wrote in a joint statement &#8230; &#8220;We extend our heartfelt condolences to the families, friends and colleagues of those who lost their lives.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-ba1c20125acb3ad9277b0f51f4669932\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\">\n<p>It&#8217;s unclear what caused the crash &#8230; and the National Transportation Safety Board will lead the 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