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Los Angeles news helicopter crashes in the birthplace of "Eye in the Sky" reporting

Los Angeles news helicopter crashes in the birthplace of "Eye in the Sky" reporting

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September 17th, 2026

Los Angeles news helicopter crashes in the birthplace of "Eye in the Sky" reporting

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For nearly seventy years, Los Angeles has been observed from the air by news helicopters.

近七十年来洛杉矶一直由新闻直升机从空中俯瞰

Whenever wildfires or mudslides occur, or when O.J. Simpson fled from police pursuit along the highway, an "eye in the sky" would track the situation and inform millions of people how to stay away from danger.

每当野火泥石流发生O.J.辛普森沿高速公路逃避警方追捕一架“空中之眼”都会追踪事态并告知数百万人如何远离危险

On Tuesday, a flying newsroom crashed and burst into flames during a live broadcast, killing three people, while journalists were covering a collision between an SUV and a city bus.

周二一家飞行新闻编辑室在直播过程中坠毁并燃起大火造成三人死亡当时记者们正在报道一辆SUV与一辆城市巴士相撞的事故

According to NBC4 in Los Angeles, two people on board the helicopterEliana Moreno and pilot George Marchiniffwere killed, and fire officials said a third person, Eddie Gutierrez Mejia, died on the ground.

据洛杉矶NBC4报道直升机上的两人——埃利亚娜·莫雷诺和飞行员乔治·马尔奇尼夫——遇难消防官员称另一人埃迪·古铁雷斯·梅希亚在地面死亡

This is a shocking addition to at least eight fatal crashes involving news helicopters in the United States since 2000, which together have claimed 16 lives.

这是自2000年以来美国至少八起涉及新闻直升机的致命坠机事件中令人震惊的又一例这些事故共造成16人死亡

Moreno, widely known as "Ellie in the Sky," had worked as an airborne reporter since 2010, mastering a highly demanding form of journalism that requires editing, shooting video, an in-depth knowledge of the cityand quick thinking.

莫雷诺以“直升机上的埃利”之名为人熟知,自2010年以来一直担任空中记者,精通一种要求极高的报道形式,这种报道需要剪辑、拍摄视频、对城市的深入了解——以及快速思考。

"I've been working for 76 hours straight since Sunday, and I'm almost there!" she wrote in a post published on Instagram on September 29, 2023.

自周日以来已连续工作76个小时即将大功告成!”在2023年9月29日发布于Instagram的动态中写道

"Yet I have nothing to complain about, because I have the best job in the world."

然而无从抱怨因为我拥有的是世上最理想的工作。”

Broadcasting news from the air undoubtedly provided a public service, and can be regarded as the successor to the Pony Express, the teletype, and satellite transmission.

从空中播报新闻无疑提供了一种公共服务堪称骑马送信电传打字机卫星传输的后继者

According to its inventor, John Silva, who was the chief engineer when KTLA-TV introduced the machine in 1958, the "Telecopter" was indeed born in Los Angeles, as a way of arriving at the scene first and beating the competition.

据其发明者1958年KTLA-TV推出这台机器时的总工程师约翰·席尔瓦称,“Telecopter”也确实诞生于洛杉矶作为一种抢先到达现场击败竞争对手的方式。

Aerial news dazzled viewersand it also meant that local television stations had entered a new era of making big money.

空中新闻令观众眼花缭乱——也意味着地方电视台进入了赚大钱的新时代

In a 2002 interview with the Television Academy Foundation, Silva recalled sitting on the freeway, frustrated by press coverage about journalistscoverage that focused on which reporters were the first to arrive at major news scenes and thus became "heroes."

在2002年接受电视学院基金会采访时,席尔瓦回忆道,自己当时坐在高速公路上,因关于记者的报道而感到沮丧——那些新闻界报道关注的是哪些记者最先到达重大新闻现场,从而成为“英雄”。

"It suddenly occurred to me, 'How can we beat the competition?'" Silva recalled.

我突然想到,‘我们怎样才能击败竞争对手?’”席尔瓦回忆道

"If we could build a mobile news unit inside a helicopter, we could rise above all of this, get there first, avoid the traffic congestion, and reach every news scene before anyone else in the competition.

如果我们能在直升机里建造一个新闻移动单元我们就能越过这一切先到那里避开交通拥堵并在竞争中任何人之前到达所有新闻现场

That would be something remarkable.'"

那会是件了不起的事。’”

However, this was by no means an easy task.

然而绝非易事

The project had to be carried out under conditions of absolute secrecy.

该项目必须在绝对保密的状态下推进

The helicopter had to be selected and modified in the sprawling backyard of a news executive, all without letting any competitors catch on.

直升机在一名新闻高管那占地辽阔的后院中完成甄选与改装,全程不得让竞争对手察觉

Silva had to find a way to reduce camera equipment weighing as much as 2,000 pounds (900 kilograms) to less than 400 pounds (181 kilograms).

席尔瓦必须设法将重达2,000磅(900公斤)的摄像设备压缩至不足400磅(181公斤)

And crucially, there was the question of how to transmit the news signal from the air to receiving antennas in the mountains and ultimately deliver it to millions of Los Angeles residents.

而至关重要的是如何将新闻信号从空中传输至山间的接收天线并最终送达数百万洛杉矶民众

According to a 2009 interview with Smithsonian Magazine, during one of the test flights, Silva allegedly unfastened his seatbelt and slowly climbed out onto the helicopter's right skid to investigate the cause of the violent vibration in the cockpit.

据2009年《史密森尼杂志》采访,在测试期间的一次升空过程中,席尔瓦据称未系安全带,缓缓爬到直升机右侧滑橇上,以调查驾驶舱剧烈震动的原因。

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

1958年7月24日下午6点30分KTLA中断常规节目播出从天使之城上空看到的画面

The magazine reported that the station consequently earned record advertising revenue, with Procter & Gamble spending $250,000 to sponsor the "Telecopter" coverage.

该杂志报道该台因此获得了创纪录的广告收入宝洁公司花费25万美元赞助“Telecopter”报道

"It broadened what news could do, much like live cameras on the ground," Stan Chambers, then a news reporter at KTLA, told the same foundation.

拓宽了新闻所能做事情,就像地面上的直播摄像机一样,”当时KTLA新闻记者斯坦·钱伯斯同一基金会说。

He said that before that, "television news wasn't all that important to many decision-makers."

他说在那之前,“电视新闻对许多决策者来说并没有那么重要

Then the helicopter truly captivated everyone."

然后直升机真的迷住了所有人。”

Silva, on the strength of his inventions, was honored with two Emmy Awards.

席尔瓦凭借其发明创造,荣膺两项艾美奖。

Airborne news added a punctuation mark to an era of television journalism that was dizzyingly fast-paced and increasingly fixated on live, real-time coverage.

空中新闻电视新闻业一个令人眼花缭乱日益追求直播和实时报道的时代增添了标点

Americans had been utterly captivated by the coverage of the 1992 Los Angeles riots, and, two years later, by the two-hour police pursuit of O.J. Simpson in his white Ford Bronco.

美国人曾全神贯注于1992年洛杉矶骚乱的报道以及两年后对O.J.辛普森白色福特Bronco长达两小时的警方追捕

Together, these two events largely confirmed the irresistible appeal of live aerial crisis coverage.

这两起事件共同在很大程度上印证了空中直播危机报道的吸引力

In 1977, a KNBC news helicopter crashed on its way back to the station after covering the Santa Barbara wildfires when it ran out of fuel, killing both the pilot and the cameraman.

1977年一架KNBC新闻直升机报道圣巴巴拉野火返回电视台途中燃料耗尽坠毁飞行员摄像师遇难

Nine years later, a helicopter conducting a live morning-rush-hour flight for a New York City radio traffic reporter plunged into the Hudson River, killing the reporter and seriously injuring the pilot.

九年后,一架纽约市广播电台交通记者进行早高峰直播飞行直升机坠入哈德逊河导致这名记者死亡,飞行员重伤

The reporter was Jane Dornacker of WNBC radio, and as the helicopter went down, she could be heard screaming, "We hit the water!"

这位记者WNBC电台简·多纳克直升机坠落时可以听到尖叫道:“撞到水了!”

In 2007, two news helicopters collided and crashed while providing live television coverage of a police chase, killing all four people on board, and viewers were left with a chaotic scene of spinning, fragmented images.

2007年两架新闻直升机在电视直播报道警方追捕相撞坠毁机上四人全部遇难观众看到的是旋转破碎画面混乱景象

The National Transportation Safety Board stated that the crash occurred because the two pilots, who were also working as reporters, were distracted by the chase on the ground.

美国国家运输安全委员会这起坠机发生是因为两名同时兼任记者的飞行员被地面上的追捕分散了注意力

Tammy Rose is a veteran journalist with more than two decades of experience in the field.

塔米·罗斯是一位拥有逾二十年从业资历资深记者

When two television helicopters collided over Phoenix in 2007, she was working for the local station KPNX and had personally lived through a number of hair-raising incidents.

2007年两架电视直升机在凤凰城上空相撞时正供职于当地的KPNX电视台并曾亲历若干险象环生的事件

However, in an interview on Wednesday, she said that both reporters and pilots follow strict procedures in order to keep risks under control.

然而她在周三接受采访时表示记者与飞行员均遵循严格的规程以管控风险

After the Phoenix helicopter crash, five local news stations reached a consensus and decided to share a single news helicopter.

凤凰城坠机事件发生后当地五家新闻台达成共识决定共用同一架新闻直升机

Meanwhile, Helicopters Inc., the Houston-based company she works for, wants its pilots to maintain an altitude above 500 feet so that there is still sufficient height to respond to emergencies such as engine failure.

与此同时她所供职的休斯顿公司Helicopters Inc.则希望其飞行员将飞行高度维持在500英尺以上以便在发动机故障等突发状况出现时仍有充足的高度可供应对。

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

新闻直升机不仅仅是一台飞行摄像机,”现为休斯顿ABC-13报道的罗斯说并称她的热情让她继续飞行。

"As an airborne reporter, I can see the bigger picture, communicate with the newsroom, gather information, and report live as events unfold."

作为机上记者我能看到更大的场景与新闻编辑室沟通收集信息并在事件发展时进行直播报道。”

NBC4 reported on Wednesday that Moreno and Marcheniv have been dubbed the "eyes and ears in the sky" for two newsroomsNBCLA and Telemundo 52and that since the two began working together in 2023, they have flown hundreds of hours together.

NBC4于周三报道称,莫雷诺马尔奇尼夫被冠以两家新闻编辑室——NBCLATelemundo 52——的“空中眼睛和耳朵之名,自2023年二人开始合作以来他们已共同飞行了数百小时

According to NBC4, Marcheniv is believed to have more than 30 years of flying experience and is widely respected in the industry.

据NBC4报道马尔奇尼夫据信拥有逾30年的飞行经验,并在业内广受尊敬

Esteban Jimenez, who is also a helicopter pilot, told the channel that he had known Malchiniev since the 1990s, and that the two of them had recently talked about retirement.

同为直升机飞行员的埃斯特班·希门尼斯向该频道表示,他自20世纪90年代以来就认识马尔奇尼夫,两人最近还谈论过退休。

Moreno is in awe of the wide range of subjects this team can coverand she appears to be capable of everything except flying a helicopter.

莫雷诺对这支团队能够报道的广泛题材心怀敬畏——而且她似乎除了驾驶直升机之外无所不能

"I'm not just a photographer, a reporter, or an editorI actually do all three at once," she told her alma mater, Chapman University.

我不只是摄影师记者或编辑我实际上同时做这三件事,”她告诉她的母校查普曼大学

In a social media post published from Whiteman Airport on July 31, she said that any kind of breaking news could be covered, but that the brush fires plaguing Southern California were especially critical.

在7月31日从怀特曼机场发布的一条社交媒体帖子中她说任何类型的突发新闻都可以报道困扰南加州的灌木丛火灾尤为关键

"This is truly one of the best kinds of news to report from a helicopter, because a helicopter can show where the fire started, where it is spreading, and which homes are under threat."

这确实是从直升机上报道的最佳新闻之一因为直升机能够展示火灾从哪里开始正朝哪里蔓延哪些房屋受到威胁。”

This precisely demonstrates the strength we possess as the "eye in the sky."

这恰恰彰显了我们身为“空中之眼”所具备的实力。

Josh Funk, an Associated Press transportation reporter, reported from Omaha, Nebraska.

美联社交通记者乔什·芬克从内布拉斯加州奥马哈发回报道

Kellman reported from London.

凯尔曼从伦敦发回报道

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