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The aircraft was an NBC Los Angeles news chopper, the station reported. A fire captain said at least one of the deceased was on the ground at the time of the crash.
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The incident was reported shortly before 7 p.m. local time on Sept. 15 in Chatsworth, a neighborhood in Los Angeles' San Fernando Valley. The Los Angeles Fire Department said the helicopter went down between two commercial buildings.
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