LOS ANGELES, Calif.–A police helicopter made an emergency landing today on a soccer field near the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum after a warning light came on indicating a possible problem.
The helicopter landed safely about 1:30 p.m. near Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Menlo Avenue, said Sgt. Carlton Brown of the Los Angeles Police Department’s Southwest Station.
On Sunday, a warning light in the cockpit of another police helicopter with two officers aboard prompted the pilot to make a precautionary landing in a Home Depot parking lot about 2 a.m. That chopper landed near Western and Slauson avenues.
The LAPD requires pilots to land and have the helicopter checked out whenever a warning light comes on, said Sgt. Mike Daly of the Air Support Division.
Officer Sandra Villa, also of the Air Support Division, said a mechanic was en route to the soccer field from Van Nuys this afternoon. If the helicopter cannot be fixed at the scene, it will be put on a flatbed truck and taken in for repairs.
