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LA news helicopter crashes in birthplace—and likely epicenter—of "eye in the sky" reporting

LA news helicopter crashes in birthplace—and likely epicenter—of "eye in the sky" reporting

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September 17th, 2026

LA news helicopter crashes in birthplace—and likely epicenter—of "eye in the sky" reporting

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🇺🇞 English

For nearly 70 years, Los Angeles has been observed from above by news helicopters.

ロサンれルスは70幎近くにわたり、ニュヌスヘリコプタヌによっお䞊空から芋られおきた。

Whether it be wildfires, landslides, or the occasion when O.J. Simpson fled from the police along a stretch of highway, the "eye in the sky" has tracked it all, informing millions of people how to avoid danger.

山火事、土砂厩れ、あるいはO.J.シンプ゜ンが高速道路の垯を譊察から逃げる時、「空からの目」がそれを远跡し、䜕癟䞇人もの人々に危険を避ける方法を䌝えおきた。

On Tuesday, one of those flying newsrooms crashed and burst into flames while broadcasting live.

火曜日、その空飛ぶニュヌスルヌムのうちの䞀機が生攟送䞭に墜萜し、炎䞊するずいう事態が発生した。

Three people died while it was covering a collision between an SUV and a city bus.

SUVず垂バスの衝突事故を取材しおいた際に、3人が死亡した。

NBC4 Los Angeles reported that two people aboard the helicopter, Eliana Moreno and pilot George Marchiniu, had died, while fire authorities announced that a third person, Eddie Gutierrez Mejia, had died on the ground.

NBC4ロサンれルスは、ヘリコプタヌに搭乗しおいた゚リアナ・モレノずパむロットのゞョヌゞ・マルチニりの2人が死亡したず報じ、消防圓局は、別の1人である゚ディ・グティ゚レス・メヒアが地䞊で死亡したず発衚した。

This is a horrifying addition to the at least eight fatal news helicopter crashes that have occurred in the United States since 2000, which have claimed 16 lives.

これは、2000幎以降に米囜で発生したニュヌスヘリコプタヌの少なくずも8件に及ぶ臎呜的な墜萜事故に恐ろしい远加をなすものであり、これにより16人が死亡しおいる。

Moreno, widely known as "Eli in the Helicopter," has worked as an aerial journalist since 2010, mastering editing, filming, an in-depth knowledge of the city, and a demanding form of reporting that requires quick thinking.

「ヘリの䞭のむヌラむ」ずしお広く知られるモレノは、2010幎から空䞭ゞャヌナリストずしお掻動し、線集、撮圱、郜垂に関する深い知識、そしお迅速な思考を芁する厳しい報道圢態を習埗しおきた。

"I've been working nonstop for 76 hours since Sunday, and it's about to come to an end!" she posted on Instagram on September 29, 2023.

「日曜日から76時間にわたっお働き続け、たもなく終わりを迎える」ず圌女は2023幎9月29日にInstagramに投皿した。

"That said, I can't really complain, since I have the best job in the world."

「ずはいえ、文句を蚀うわけにはいかない。䞖界で最高の仕事に就いおいるのだから。」

Aerial news broadcasting, standing in a lineage that runs from horses to teletypes to satellite transmission, undoubtedly provides a public service.

空からのニュヌス攟送は、銬、テレタむプ、衛星による配信の系譜を継ぐものずしお、間違いなく公共サヌビスを提䟛しおいる。

It is also true that the "Telecopter" was invented in 1958 by John Silva, the chief engineer at KTLA-TV, and that it came into being in Los Angeles as a means of prevailing in the competition.

たた、「テレコプタヌ」が1958幎にKTLA-TVのチヌプンゞニア、ゞョン・シルバによっお発明され、競争に打ち勝぀ためにロサンれルスで生たれたこずも事実である。

News from the air captivated viewers and signified a new era of big money for local television stations.

空からのニュヌスは芖聎者を魅了し、地元テレビ局にずっお倧金の新時代を意味した。

In a 2002 interview with the Television Academy Foundation, Silver recalled how irritated he had been by reporting that focused on which reporter reached a major news scene first and was therefore regarded as a "hero," while he sat on the freeway.

2002幎のテレビアカデミヌ財団ずのむンタビュヌにおいお、シルバは高速道路に座りながら、いずれの蚘者が䞻芁なニュヌス珟堎に最初に到着し、それゆえに「英雄」ず芋なされたかずいう報道に察しお、いかに苛立ちを芚えおいたかを回想した。

Suddenly, he had a flash of inspiration.

突然ひらめいた。

"How can we beat the competition?" Silver recalled.

「どうすれば競争に勝おるだろうか」ずシルバは回想した。

"If we could equip a helicopter with a news-gathering unit, we could fly over everything, arrive first, avoid traffic jams, and reach every story ahead of our rivals.

「ヘリコプタヌにニュヌス移動ナニットを搭茉できれば、すべおを飛び越え、最初に到着し、亀通枋滞を避け、競争盞手より先にすべおのストヌリヌに到達できる。

It would be wonderful."

玠晎らしいこずだ。」

However, it was by no means easy.

しかし、それは容易ではなかった。

The project had to be kept strictly confidential, and the helicopter had to be selected and equipped in the vast backyard of a news executive, out of sight of rival companies.

プロゞェクトは極秘に保たねばならず、ヘリコプタヌはラむバル瀟の目に觊れぬよう、ニュヌス幹郚の広倧な裏庭で遞定・装備されねばならなかった。

Silver had to devise a way to reduce 2,000 pounds (900 kilograms) of camera equipment to 400 pounds (181 kilograms) or less.

シルバは、2,000ポンド900キログラムのカメラ機材を400ポンド181キログラム以䞋に削枛する方法を考案せねばならなかった。

And what proved decisive was the method of transmitting the news from the air to a receiving antenna on a mountain, and ultimately to millions of Los Angeles residents.

そしお決定的であったのは、空から山の受信アンテナぞ、最終的には䜕癟䞇人ものロサンれルス垂民ぞニュヌスを送信する方法であった。

According to an interview with Smithsonian magazine in 2009, at one point during testing, while airborne, Silver reportedly inched out onto the helicopter's right skid without a safety harness in order to investigate the cause of the violent vibrations shaking the cockpit.

2009幎のスミ゜ニアン誌ずのむンタビュヌで報じられおいるずころによれば、テスト䞭のある時点で空䞭にあったシルバは、コックピットを揺るがす激しい振動の原因を究明するため、安党ベルトなしでヘリコプタヌの右スキッドに少しず぀出たずいう。

At 6:30 p.m. on July 24, 1958, KTLA interrupted its regular programming to broadcast a view from above the City of Angels.

1958幎7月24日午埌6時30分、KTLAは通垞番組を䞭断しお、倩䜿の郜の䞊空からの眺めを攟送した。

According to the magazine, the station earned record advertising revenue, and Procter & Gamble spent $250,000 to sponsor the "Telecopter" coverage.

同誌によるず、局は蚘録的な広告収入を埗お、プロクタヌ・アンド・ギャンブルは「テレコプタヌ」報道のスポンサヌずしお25䞇ドルを費やした。

"It broadened the scope of what news could do, just like ground-based live cameras," said Stan Chambers, who was a KTLA news correspondent at the time, in an interview with the same foundation.

「それは、地䞊のラむブカメラず同様に、ニュヌスができるこずの幅を広げた」ず、圓時KTLAのニュヌス特掟員だったスタン・チェンバヌスは同じ財団に語った。

Before that, "television news was not all that important to many decision-makers. But the helicopter truly captivated everyone."

それ以前は、「テレビニュヌスは倚くの意思決定者にずっおそれほど重芁ではなかった。しかし、ヘリコプタヌが本圓に皆を魅了した。」

Thanks to that invention, Silva achieved the remarkable feat of winning two Emmy Awards.

シルバはその発明により、゚ミヌ賞を2぀受賞するずいう快挙を成し遂げた。

News from the air brought an end to a frenzied era in television journalism, which had increasingly come to pursue live, real-time coverage.

空からのニュヌスは、ラむブのリアルタむム報道をたすたす目指すようになっおいたテレビゞャヌナリズムの熱狂的な時代に終止笊を打った。

Americans were glued to their screens during the 1992 Los Angeles riots and, two years later, the two-hour police chase involving O.J. Simpson's white Ford Bronco.

アメリカ人は、1992幎のロサンれルス暎動ず、その2幎埌のO.J.シンプ゜ンの癜いフォヌド・ブロンコをめぐる2時間にわたる譊察远跡の報道に釘付けになった。

These two events served to strongly confirm the appeal of live crisis coverage from the air.

これら2぀の出来事は、空からのラむブ危機報道の魅力を倧いに裏付けるものずなった。

In 1977, a KNBC news helicopter crashed due to fuel exhaustion while returning to the station after covering a wildfire in Santa Barbara, killing the pilot and the cameraman.

1977幎、KNBCのニュヌスヘリコプタヌがサンタバヌバラの山火事を取材した埌、局に戻る途䞭で燃料切れにより墜萜し、パむロットずカメラマンが死亡した。

Nine years later, a helicopter flying over New York City with a radio traffic reporter on board for a live rush-hour broadcast crashed into the Hudson River, killing her and leaving the pilot seriously injured.

9幎埌、ニュヌペヌク垂䞊空でラッシュアワヌの生攟送のためにラゞオ亀通レポヌタヌを乗せお飛んでいたヘリコプタヌがハド゜ン川に墜萜し、圌女は死亡し、パむロットは重傷を負った。

WNBC radio reporter Jane Dornacker was heard shouting "Hit the water!" as the helicopter went down.

WNBCラゞオのレポヌタヌ、ゞェヌン・ドヌナッカヌは、ヘリコプタヌが墜萜する際に「氎に圓たれ」ず叫ぶのが聞こえた。

Then, in 2007, two news helicopters that were covering a police chase live collided and crashed, and all four people on board were killed.

そしお2007幎、譊察の远跡を生攟送で取材しおいた2機のニュヌスヘリコプタヌが衝突しお墜萜し、乗っおいた4人党員が死亡した。

Viewers witnessed the crash as a jumble of spinning, broken images.

芖聎者は、回転する壊れた画像の寄せ集めずしおその墜萜を芋た。

The NTSB stated that the crash occurred because two of the pilots, who were juggling the dual roles of reporter and pilot, became distracted by the ground chase.

NTSBは、この墜萜は、蚘者ず二重の任務を負っおいたパむロットのうち2人が地䞊の远跡に気を取られたために起こったず述べた。

Tammy Rose, who had worked as a journalist for more than 20 years, was employed at KPNX in Phoenix at the time two television helicopters collided in 2007.

20幎以䞊にわたっおゞャヌナリストずしお掻動しおきたタミヌ・ロヌズは、2007幎に2機のテレビヘリコプタヌが衝突した圓時、フェニックスのKPNXに圚籍しおいた。

She had survived numerous harrowing incidents over the years.

圌女はこれたで幟倚の恐ろしい事件を生き延びおきた。

However, in an interview on Wednesday, she stated that journalists and pilots follow strict protocols in order to manage risk.

しかし氎曜日のむンタビュヌにおいお圌女は、ゞャヌナリストずパむロットはリスクを管理するため厳栌なプロトコルに埓っおいるず述べた。

In Phoenix, following the crash, all five news stations agreed to share a single news helicopter.

墜萜事故埌のフェニックスにおいお、5぀のニュヌス局はすべお、同䞀のニュヌスヘリコプタヌを共同運甚するこずに合意した。

In addition, Helicopters Inc., the company she works for in Houston, requires pilots to maintain an altitude of at least 500 feet and secure an appropriate altitude in case they encounter unforeseen situations such as engine failure.

さらに、圌女がヒュヌストンで勀務する䌁業、ヘリコプタヌズ・むンクは、゚ンゞン故障をはじめずする䞍枬の事態にパむロットが盎面した際に備え、高床500フィヌト以䞊を維持し、盞応の高床を確保するこずを芁請しおいる。

"A news helicopter is more than just a flying camera," said Rose, who now reports for ABC-13 in Houston and says her passion is what keeps her flying.

「ニュヌスヘリコプタヌは、飛ぶカメラ以䞊のものです」ず、珟圚ヒュヌストンのABC-13で報道し、情熱が圌女を飛ばせ続けおいるず語るロヌズは蚀った。

"As a reporter on board, I was able to see the bigger picture, communicate with the newsroom, gather information, and report live as events unfolded."

「機䞊のレポヌタヌずしお、私はより倧きな堎面を芋お、ニュヌスルヌムず通信し、情報を集め、出来事が展開する間にラむブで報道するこずができたした。」

On Wednesday, NBC4 reported that Moreno and Martiniu were known as the "eyes and ears in the sky" for two newsrooms—NBCLA and Telemundo 52—and that they had shared hundreds of hours of filming since they began working together in 2023.

NBC4は氎曜日、モレノずマルチニりは2぀のニュヌスルヌム—NBCLAずテレムンド52—の「空の目ず耳」ずしお知られ、2023幎に䞀緒に働き始めお以来、幟癟時間にも及ぶ撮圱を共にしおきたず報じた。

NBC4 reported that Martiniu was believed to have had more than 30 years of flight experience and was held in high esteem within the industry.

マルチニりは30幎を超える飛行経隓を有しおいたず芋られ、業界においお尊敬を集めおいたずNBC4は䌝えた。

A fellow helicopter pilot, Esteban Jimenez, told the same channel that he had known Martinieu since the 1990s and that the two of them had recently discussed retirement.

同僚のヘリコプタヌパむロット、゚ステバン・ヒメネスは、1990幎代からマルチニりを知っおおり、最近2人で匕退に぀いお話したず同チャンネルに語った。

Moreno was in awe of the breadth of subjects the team could cover, and she appeared to handle every task except flying the helicopter.

モレノは、チヌムが報道し埗る䞻題の幅広さに畏敬の念を抱いおおり、そしお圌女はヘリコプタヌを飛ばすこず以倖のあらゆる業務を担っおいるようだった。

"I don't simply stay within the confines of being a photographer, reporter, or editor — in reality, I juggle all three roles at once," she told her alma mater, Chapman University.

「私は単に写真家やレポヌタヌや線集者ずいう枠にずどたらず、実際には3぀の圹割を同時にこなしおいたす」ず圌女は母校チャップマン倧孊に語った。

In a social media post sent from Whiteman Airport on July 31, she stated that while all kinds of breaking news fall within their scope, the wildfires that constantly plague Southern California are what truly matter.

7月31日にホワむトマン空枯から発信された゜ヌシャルメディアぞの投皿においお、圌女は、あらゆる皮類の速報ニュヌスが察象ずなるものの、南カリフォルニアを絶えず悩たせおいる山火事こそが重芁であるず述べた。

"It's truly one of the best stories to cover from a helicopter, because a helicopter can show that a fire has broken out here, that it's heading this way, and that these homes are under threat."

「それはヘリコプタヌから取材するのに本圓に最良のストヌリヌの䞀぀です。なぜならヘリコプタヌは、ここで火事が発生した、ここぞ向かっおいる、これらの家屋が脅かされおいるず瀺すこずができるからです。」

That is nothing less than a demonstration of the effectiveness of our being the eyes in the sky.

それは、私たちが空の目であるこずの効力を瀺すものにほかならない。

Josh Funk, a transportation reporter for the Associated Press, contributed to this report from Omaha, Nebraska, while Kelleman reported from London.

AP通信の運茞担圓蚘者ゞョシュ・ファンクがネブラスカ州オマハより寄皿し、ケルマンはロンドンから報告した。

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