Federal safety officials on Tuesday blamed the helicopter crash that killedKobe Bryantand eight others on board last year on the pilot's poor decision to fly into thick clouds, where he became disoriented and plunged the aircraft into a Southern California hillside. The National Transportation Safety...
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA/AP)– Federal authorities reported Tuesday that the pilot was likely at fault for the January 2020 helicopter crash which killed Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven others. The pilot flew the helicopter through the clouds -- in an apparent ...
U.S. safety investigators said Tuesday the pilot of Kobe Bryant's helicopter flew through the clouds last year in an apparent violation of federal standards, and likely became disoriented just before the helicopter crashed and killed Bryant and eight others. Robert Sumwalt, chairman of the Nationa...
Authorities say the veteran pilot of a helicopter that crashed, killing Kobe Bryant and eight others, tried to avoid fog so heavy it grounded police choppers. CALABASAS, Calif.-A veteran pilot who plunged into a Los Angeles-area hillside,killing Kobe Bryant and eight others, had tried to avoi...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The pilot flying Kobe Bryant and seven others to a youth basketball tournament did not have alcohol or drugs in his system, and all nine sustained immediately fatal injuries when their helicopter slammed into a hillside outside Los An
Zobayan was among the nine people killed, including Bryant’s 13-year-old daughter, Gianna. The pilot went against his training by becoming spatially disoriented in thick clouds, a condition that can happen to pilots in low visibility, when they cannot tell up from down or discern which way ...
In Jan. 2020, Bryant, along with his 13-year-daughter, their friends, and the pilot were killed in a helicopter crash on their way to a basketball tournament at what was then known as the Mamba Sports Academy. Bryant is one of the most celebrated sports icons in history....
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...
NTSB: Kobe Bryant pilot in Calabasas crash most likely disoriented in fog Detailed information tonight about the crash that killed Kobe Bryant, his daughter and six others. A preliminary NTSB report indicates the pilot may have been disoriented in the thick fog. The National Transportation Safety ...
Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, and six of their friends were killed, along with Zobayan. ___ Associated Press journalists David Koenig in Dallas, and Stefanie Dazio and Christopher Weber in Los Angeles contributed.