A US investigation has reinforced the notion the pilot in the helicopter crash which killed basketball star Kobe Bryant and eight others had become disoriented.
A witness to the deadly crash of a helicopter carrying Kobe Bryant and eight others said it sounded normal just before slamming into a hillside and wreckage at the scene showed no sign of engine failure, federal investigators said in a report released Friday.
But rather than continuing higher Mr Zobayan began a high-speed descent and left turn in rapidly rising terrain. He slammed into the hillside at more than 290 kph and was descending at 1,219m per minute."If you exit the bottom of the clouds at 1219.20m per minute at that high speed, you've certainly lost control of the aircraft," air safety consultant Kipp Lau said.
Fans gather to pay their respects at a memorial for the late Kobe Bryant near the Staples Center in Los Angeles.The date 2/24 corresponds with the No. 24 jersey he wore and the No. 2 worn by Gianna.It's likely to take a year for the NTSB to issue a report about the cause.
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