COVERAGE ENDEDPursuitsOct 31, 2026

Possible pursuit ended in South LA

Observed aircraft area: South LA1:43 AM–1:43 AM PT1 update

Neighborhood page: Helicopters over South LA

THE SCENE FROM ABOVESouth LANo flight recording for this story

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The timeline

All times Pacific

1:43 AMOct 31
Possible pursuit: we tracked an LASD helicopter (N956LA) and an LASD helicopter (N960LA) flying 9 km in 4 minutes, the way police aviation flies a pursuit, ending here at 1:40am. No agency has stated what it was. We are reading the flight pattern, not a dispatch.

What we know

Helicopters seen overhead. GTLA AirWatch opened this page automatically from a verified moving aircraft track. The scene moves; the pin is where we last placed it. Nobody has told us what it is: no dispatch record, no station report, and no GTLA editor has reviewed it. We are reporting aircraft movement, not a cause and not a casualty.

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Aircraft positions are tracked by GTLA.

Newsroom statements are attributed in the timeline.

Aircraft movement alone does not establish why a helicopter is there. “Coverage ended” describes GTLA tracking, not the outcome of the incident.

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Aircraft

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LASDN956LA LASDN960LA

The aircraft our tracking saw working this scene while it was live. It is what we watched, not a roster.

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Possible pursuit ended in South LA

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