Horrifying final moments from inside news helicopter reveal violent shakes & desperate last words of anchor before crash

HARROWING footage has revealed the final moments aboard an NBC news helicopter before it plunged from the sky in a deadly crash. The chilling video captures the aircraft violently shaking as a woman desperately asks: “You can’t pull up?” just seconds before disaster. Harrowing footage showed the final moments of an NBC news helicopter before a deadly crash in Los Angeles NBC Los Angeles reporter Eliana Moreno and pilot George Marciniw have been confirmed as the two tragic victims inside the helicopter Credit: Facebook/@GeorgeMarciniw The NewsChopper4 had been hovering over the scene of a deadly bus collision in Los Angeles when something appeared to suddenly go wrong. Footage being filmed from the chopper shows the crash scene below before the camera begins to shake violently. Sign up for The Sun newsletter Thank you! The view then suddenly pulls away as the helicopter starts rapidly losing altitude. In the final seconds of the footage, the aircraft appears to have dropped as low as surrounding buildings before it crashed in Chatsworth shortly before 7pm on Tuesday. Read more Los Angeles news Three people were killed in the helicopter tragedy, including one person who authorities believe was on the ground. Another person was rushed to hospital in serious condition. The official cause of the crash has not yet been determined, and the National Transportation Safety Board has launched an investigation. The Eurocopter AS350 was being operated by Angel City Air for NBC4 and had been providing aerial coverage of another tragedy unfolding in Chatsworth. Most read in The Sun Several news helicopters were reportedly above the area after an SUV collided with a city bus, killing two people and injuring six others. But NBC4’s coverage itself suddenly became the focus of the unfolding disaster when the station lost contact with its crew. Veteran NBC4 anchor Colleen Williams appeared teary-eyed as she was forced to confirm live on air that the downed aircraft belonged to the station. She said: “We knew it was a news chopper. We knew we’d lost contact with our people out there, and we’ve just received confirmation.” An aerial view shows the burning wreckage of the NBC News helicopter that crashed while covering a report of a deadly Metro bus collision Credit: Reuters Three people died in the crash, including one person on the ground Credit: CBS Williams added: “We are going to take a couple of minutes to think about that, process it.” The station’s coverage was abruptly cut off moments later. Footage from the ground showed the helicopter’s wreckage engulfed in flames near cargo containers and several vehicles around Lurline Avenue and Nordhoff Street. More than 50 firefighters rushed to the scene and battled the sprawling blaze. NBC Los Angeles reporter Eliana Moreno and pilot George Marciniw have been confirmed as the two tragic victims inside the helicopter. But officials said one of those killed appeared to have been outside the chopper when it crashed. Cops said: “We do have one confirmed patient that seemed to be outside of the helicopter when it crashed. “That person was declared deceased on scene.” The NTSB is now investigating what caused the helicopter to suddenly fall from the sky. Comment now