Zobayan's brother, Berge Zobayan, has said Kobe Bryant knew the risks of flying in a helicopter and that his survivors aren't entitled to damages from the pilot's estate. Island Express Helicopters Inc. denied responsibility and said the crash was "an act of God" that it could not control...
Kobe Bryant, the former Los Angeles basketball star who died in ahelicopter crash on Sunday, loved to travel by chopper. Most Americans, including those rich enough to afford that mode of air transport, have been less enthusiastic. One reason could be safety. Personal or private rides accounte...
This dynamic is so common in aviation that crash investigators have a term for it: get-there-itis. And Zobayan loved to fly Bryant—it was the best job he’d ever had. Kobe and Vanessa both knew him personally and liked him. They requested him by name, according to Taylor. He was ...
The Kobe Bryant Helicopter Crash: Aviation Wrestles With Decades-Old Problem 提交时间:4 年以前 A familiar problem in the aviation industry — and something it's wrestled with for decades: getting pilots to turn around or divert when the path ahead starts to look bad. (www.npr.org)更多.....
Our inner ears work usually work well, but they can fail us in key moments. Here's what happened to Kobe Bryant's pilot.
The company that owned the helicopter that crashed, killing Lakers legend Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter Gigi and seven others is suing two air traffic controllers. The lawsuit filed by Island Express alleging the two air traffic controllers comm
NBA legend Kobe Bryant and one of his daughters were among nine people killed Sunday in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California, a source confirmed to ESPN. Bryant was 41. Bryant was on his way to a youth basketball game with his daughter Gianna Bryant, who was 13, when the ...
CALABASAS, Calif. (AP) — NBA legend Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter and seven others were killed in a helicopter crash on a steep hillside in dense morning fog in Southern California on Sunday, his sudden death at age 41 touching off an outpouring
Bryant, his teenage daughter Gianna, her friends and their parents, a youth basketball coach and the pilot were killed when the S-76 owned by Island Express Helicopters slammed into a hillside in Calabasas, California. The pilot, Ara Zobayan, 50, had become disoriented as he tri...
Even at an early age, coaches, scouts, NBA execs and his legion of fans knew Kobe Bryant approached the game of basketball, and life, unlike his peers.