A recording that the Los Angeles Times describes as dramatic may help explain why an NBC4 news helicopter crashed while its crew was covering a deadly collision involving a Metro bus in Los Angeles, according to the Los Angeles Times. Three people died in the helicopter crash, NBC News reports.
Coverage of the crash has focused on those killed. CNN reports that the victims included an engaged reporter, a pilot who was close to retirement, and a young tourist. Chris Cristi, a reporter for ABC7 Los Angeles, remembered the reporter and the pilot who died in the crash, according to ABC7 Los Angeles.
The helicopter went down while its crew was covering a separate deadly incident: a collision between a vehicle and a Metro bus. KTLA reports that the driver involved in that collision has been identified and arrested on a murder charge.
The Times has not yet detailed what the recording contains or how investigators might use it. Its significance to the inquiry into the helicopter crash remains a question the reporting raises rather than answers.
What to watch next: whether investigators release findings from the recording and confirm what caused the helicopter to go down.