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California Helicopter Crash, Three die in helicopter crash during shoot for Discovery Channel reality TV show-Three people who died in a helicopter crash early on Sunday morning near Los Angeles were filming for a military-themed reality television show for the Discovery Channel, it has emerged.
Los Angeles County Fire dispatcher Robert Diaz said the crash occurred at 3.40 a.m. on Sunday at the Polsa Rosa Ranch near Acton in Los Angeles County, California. The ranch is regularly used for filming. Three people have been killed in a pre-dawn helicopter crash in a rural area of northern Los Angeles County while filming for a reality TV show.
Los Angeles County Fire dispatcher Robert Diaz said the crash occurred about 3:40 a.m. Sunday at the Polsa Rosa Ranch in Action. The ranch has been used as a film location.
Diaz said everyone on board died. The three people aboard the helicopter have not been identified.
Philip Sokoloski, a spokesman for FilmL.A., which processes filming permits for location shootings in the Los Angeles region, said a production company had been approved to use a helicopter for a reality TV show. The shoot was scheduled to go from Saturday afternoon into Saturday night.
The circumstances surrounding the crash are still unknown, Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Allen Kenitzer said.
He said the Bell 206B Jet Ranger had substantial damage. Both the FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating.
Los Angeles County Fire dispatcher Robert Diaz said the crash occurred at 3.40 a.m. on Sunday at the Polsa Rosa Ranch near Acton in Los Angeles County, California. The ranch is regularly used for filming. Three people have been killed in a pre-dawn helicopter crash in a rural area of northern Los Angeles County while filming for a reality TV show.
Los Angeles County Fire dispatcher Robert Diaz said the crash occurred about 3:40 a.m. Sunday at the Polsa Rosa Ranch in Action. The ranch has been used as a film location.
Diaz said everyone on board died. The three people aboard the helicopter have not been identified.
Philip Sokoloski, a spokesman for FilmL.A., which processes filming permits for location shootings in the Los Angeles region, said a production company had been approved to use a helicopter for a reality TV show. The shoot was scheduled to go from Saturday afternoon into Saturday night.
The circumstances surrounding the crash are still unknown, Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Allen Kenitzer said.
He said the Bell 206B Jet Ranger had substantial damage. Both the FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating.
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