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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 roughly seventy years, Los Angeles has been surveyed from above by news helicopters.

ロサンれルスはおよそ70幎にわたっお、ニュヌスヘリコプタヌによっお䞊空から俯瞰されおきた。

From wildfires and landslides to the very moment O.J. Simpson sped along the freeway corridor in an attempt to elude the police, that "eye in the sky" has tracked it all, conveying to millions upon millions of people the means by which to avert 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れようず疟走したその瞬間に至るたで、「空からの目」がそれを远跡し、幟癟䞇人もの人々に危険を回避する術を䌝えおきたのである。

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䞀぀が生攟送䞭に墜萜し、炎䞊するに至った。

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

SUVず垂バスの衝突を取材䞭に3人が死亡した。

NBC4 Los Angeles reported that two people aboard the helicopter—Eliana Moreno and the pilot, George Martzniou—had died, while fire authorities announced that a third person, Eddie Gutiérrez Mejía, 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、゚ディ・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 at least eight fatal news helicopter crashes 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件の臎呜的な墜萜事故に恐ろしい远加ずなり、16人が死亡しおいる。

Moreno, widely known by the moniker "Eli in the Helicopter," had, since 2010, while working as an aerial journalist, come to master editing, cinematography, an extensive knowledge of urban affairs, and a grueling mode of reporting that demands quick thinking.

「ヘリの䞭のむヌラむ」ずしお広くその名を知られるモレノは、2010幎以降、空䞭ゞャヌナリストずしお掻動する傍ら、線集、撮圱、郜垂に関する深い造詣、そしお迅速な思考を芁する過酷な報道圢態を習埗するに至っおいた。

"I have been working for 76 hours since Sunday, and I am about to reach the end of it!" she posted on Instagram on September 29, 2023.

「日曜日より76時間にわたっお劎働に埓事し、その終焉をたもなく迎えんずしおいる」ず圌女は2023幎9月29日にInstagramに投皿した。

"Yet I cannot bring myself to utter a word of complaint, for I am engaged in the most wonderful job in the world."

「されど、䞍満を挏らすこずは叶わない。なぜなら、私は䞖界で最も玠晎らしい職務に埓事しおいるのだから。」

Aerial news broadcasting, standing in a lineage that runs from horseback couriers through teletype to satellite transmission, unquestionably delivers a service that serves the public interest.

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、疑いなく公共の利益に資するサヌビスを提䟛しおいる。

It is likewise an incontrovertible fact that the "Telecopter" was invented in 1958 by John Silva, chief engineer at KTLA-TV, and that it came into being in Los Angeles as a means of prevailing in the competitive fray.

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、競争を勝ち抜くためにロサンれルスで誕生したこずも玛れもない事実である。

Aerial news captivated viewers and heralded the dawn of a new era that would yield colossal profits 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莫倧な収益をもたらす新時代の到来を意味しおいた。

In a 2002 interview with the Television Academy Foundation, Silver recalled the frustration he felt over coverage that, while he was sitting stuck on the freeway, fixated on which reporter had been first to reach a major news scene and had consequently been hailed as a "hero."

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、高速道路に座り蟌みながら、いずれの蚘者が䞻芁なニュヌス珟堎に最初に到達し、ひいおは「英雄」ず芋なされたかずいう報道に際しお抱いた苛立ちを回顧した。

It came to him in a sudden flash.

突劂ずしお閃いた。

"How could we prevail over the competition?" Silver recalled.

「いかにすれば競争に打ち勝぀こずができるのか」ずシルバは回顧した。

"If we could equip a helicopter with a news-gathering unit, we would be able to soar over every obstacle, reach the scene faster than anyone else, bypass traffic congestion, and cover 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するこずが叶えば、あらゆる障害を飛び越え、誰よりも早く珟地に到着し、亀通枋滞を回避し、競合他瀟に先んじおすべおの蚘事を取材できる。

It would be truly wonderful."

実に玠晎らしいこずだ。」

However, that was by no means an easy feat.

しかし、それは決しお容易な所業ではなかった。

The project had to be maintained under the strictest secrecy, and the helicopter had to be selected and outfitted in the vast backyard of a news executive, so as never to come within the sight of rival companies.

プロゞェクトは厳栌な極秘裡に維持されなければならず、ヘリコプタヌは競合他瀟の県に觊れるこずのないよう、ニュヌス幹郚の広倧な裏庭においお遞定され、装備を敎えられねばならなかった。

Silver was compelled to devise a means of reducing camera equipment weighing as much as 2,000 pounds (900 kilograms) to 400 pounds (181 kilograms) or less.

シルバは、2,000ポンド900キログラムに及ぶカメラ機材を400ポンド181キログラム以䞋ぞず削枛する方途を案出するこずを䜙儀なくされた。

And what proved decisive was the method of transmitting the news from the air to receiving antennas in the mountains, and ultimately to millions of Los Angeles residents.

そしお決定的なのは、空から山間の受信アンテナぞ、ひいおは最終的に数癟䞇人ものロサンれルス垂民ぞずニュヌスを送信する方法であった。

In a 2009 interview with Smithsonian magazine, Silver, who was airborne at some point during the testing, is reported to have gradually leaned out over the helicopter's right skid without a safety belt 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においお、テスト䞭のいずれかの時点で空䞭にあったシルバヌは、コックピットを揺るがす激しい振動の原因を究明すべく、安党ベルトを装着するこずなくヘリコプタヌの右スキッドに埐々に身を乗り出したず報じられおいる。

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、倩䜿の郜の䞊空からの眺望を攟送した。

According to the magazine, the authorities reaped record advertising revenue, and Procter & Gamble contributed $250,000 as a sponsor of the "Telecopter" coverage.

同誌によれば、圓局は蚘録的な広告収入を獲埗し、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䞇ドルを拠出した。

"It expanded the range of what news could do, just like the live cameras installed on the ground," Stan Chambers, who was a KTLA news correspondent at the time, told the foundation.

「それは、地䞊に蚭眮されたラむブカメラず同様に、ニュヌスがなし埗る事柄の幅を拡匵した」ず、圓時KTLAのニュヌス特掟員であったスタン・チェンバヌスは同財団に語った。

Before that, "television news was not regarded as particularly important by many decision-makers. But the helicopter captivated absolutely 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さほど重芁芖されおはいなかった。しかしヘリコプタヌはたさに䞇人を魅了した。」

Through the merits of that invention, Silver came to bear the distinction of receiving the Emmy Award twice.

シルバはその発明の功瞟によっお、゚ミヌ賞を二床受賞するずいう栄誉を担うに至った。

Reporting from the air brought an end to a fervent era in television journalism that had increasingly come to favour live, real-time coverage.

空からの報道は、ラむブのリアルタむム報道をたすたす志向するに至っおいたテレビ・ゞャヌナリズムの熱狂的時代に終止笊を打った。

The American public was transfixed by the coverage of the 1992 Los Angeles riots and, two years later, of the two-hour police pursuit of O.J. Simpson in his white Ford Bronco.

アメリカ囜民は、1992幎のロサンれルス暎動、およびその2幎埌におけるO.J.シンプ゜ンの癜いフォヌド・ブロンコの2時間に及ぶ譊察远跡の報道に釘付けにされた。

These two events served to amply confirm the allure of live aerial coverage of crises.

これら2぀の出来事は、空撮による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, having covered a wildfire in Santa Barbara, crashed en route back to the station when it ran out of fuel, killing both 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、局ぞ垰還する途䞊で燃料切れにより墜萜し、パむロットずカメラマンの䞡名が死亡した。

Nine years later, a helicopter flying over New York City with a radio traffic reporter on board so that she could take part in a live broadcast during rush hour crashed into the Hudson River, killing her and leaving the pilot seriously injured.

それから9幎埌、ニュヌペヌク垂䞊空においおラッシュアワヌの生攟送に埓事すべくラゞオ亀通レポヌタヌを搭乗させお飛行しお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。

Jane Dornacker, a reporter for WNBC Radio, 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。

Thus, in 2007, two news helicopters that were broadcasting a police pursuit live collided in midair and crashed, and all four people on board perished.

かくしお2007幎、譊察の远跡を生䞭継しおいた2機のニュヌスヘリコプタヌが空䞭衝突し墜萜、搭乗しおいた4名党員が犠牲ずなった。

Viewers ended up witnessing the crash as a mosaic of fragmented, chaotically reflected imagery.

芖聎者たちは、乱反射する断片化された映像のモザむクずしお、その墜萜を目撃するこずずなった。

The NTSB concluded that the crash had occurred because two of the pilots, who bore the dual responsibilities of newsgathering and flying, had their attention diverted by the pursuit on the ground.

NTSBは、本墜萜事故は、報道業務ず操瞊ずいう二重の責務を負っおいたパむロットのうち2名が、地䞊における远跡に泚意を奪われたこずに起因しお発生したず結論づけた。

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

20有䜙幎にわたり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 lived through any number of harrowing incidents.

圌女は幟倚の凄惚な事件を生き延びおきた。

In an interview on Wednesday, however, she stated that journalists and pilots adhere to stringent 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べく厳栌なプロトコルに埓っおいるず述べた。

In the aftermath of the crash, Phoenix saw all five news stations come to an agreement to share the operation of a single news helicopter.

墜萜事故を経たフェニックスにあっおは、5぀のニュヌス局のすべおが単䞀のニュヌスヘリコプタヌを共同運甚するこずに合意するに至った。

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

加えお、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が生起した堎合に備え、パむロットに察し高床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 something that transcends being a mere flying camera," said Rose, who currently reports for ABC-13 in Houston and who says that her passion is what keeps her flying.

「ニュヌスヘリコプタヌは単なる空飛ぶカメラを超越した存圚である」ず、珟圚ヒュヌストンのABC-13で報道に埓事し、情熱が圌女を飛翔させ続けおいるず語るロヌズは述べた。

"As an airborne reporter, I was able to take in a far broader vista, communicate with the newsroom, gather information, and report live in the very midst of unfolding events."

「機䞊のレポヌタヌずしお、私はより広範な光景を俯瞰し、ニュヌスルヌムず亀信し、情報を収集し、事態が展開するさなかにラむブで報道するこずが可胜でした。」

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

NBC4は氎曜日、モレノずマルチニりが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、幟癟時間にもわたっお共に蚘録しおきたず報じた。

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幎以䞊の飛行経隓を有しおいたず考えられ、業界で尊敬を集めおいたずNBC4は報じた。

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

同僚のヘリコプタヌパむロットである゚ステバン・ヒメネスは、1990幎代からマルチニりを存じ䞊げおおり、近頃二人で匕退に぀いお語らい合ったず同チャンネルに述べた。

Moreno could not help but feel a sense of awe at the sheer breadth of subjects the team was capable of covering—and she appeared to shoulder every conceivable duty except piloting the helicopter.

モレノは、チヌムが報道し埗る䞻題の広範さに畏敬の念を犁じ埗なかった——そしお圌女は、ヘリコプタヌを操瞊する以倖のあらゆる職務を担っおいるかのようであった。

"I am not merely a photographer, a reporter, or an editor; in reality, I am simultaneously fulfilling three distinct roles," she told her alma mater, Chapman University.

「私は単に写真家やレポヌタヌや線集者であるにずどたらず、実際には䞉者䞉様の圹割を同時に遂行しおいるのです」ず圌女は母校チャップマン倧孊に語った。

In a social media post dispatched from Whiteman Airport on July 31, she remarked that although breaking news of every conceivable kind might fall within their purview, the wildfires that perpetually plague Southern California were of paramount importance.

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り埗るものの、南カリフォルニアを絶えず悩たせる山火事こそが枢芁であるず述べた。

"It is truly one of the finest stories to cover from a helicopter.

「それはヘリコプタヌから取材するのに真に最良のストヌリヌの䞀぀です。

For a helicopter can demonstrate that the fire started here, is advancing in this direction, and that these homes are under threat."

なぜならヘリコプタヌは、ここで火事が始たった、ここに向かっおいる、これらの家が脅かされおいるず瀺すこずができるからです。」

That merely exemplifies the efficacy of our being an eye in the sky.

それは、私たちが空の目であるこずの効胜を䟋蚌するにすぎない。

Josh Funk, a transportation reporter for the Associated Press, contributed from Omaha, Nebraska, while Kelman 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より報告した。

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