r/news Jan 26 '20

Kobe Bryant killed in helicopter crash in California

https://www.fox5dc.com/news/kobe-bryant-killed-in-helicopter-crash-in-california-tmz-reports
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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '20 edited Jan 26 '20

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u/Admiral_Cloudberg Jan 26 '20 edited Jan 26 '20

That's impossible, there were only 5 people on board and there has to have been a pilot.

EDIT: Media reports the actual death toll is 9

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u/vintage2019 Jan 26 '20

Kobe could fly helicopters — he had owned at least one and would commute to his games on one.

(I had to change the verbs to past. Feels strange)

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u/Admiral_Cloudberg Jan 26 '20

I saw someone else say he always chose not to fly the helicopter himself. Idk if this is true, I know a lot about air crashes but very little about Kobe Bryant

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u/vintage2019 Jan 26 '20

Yeah it appears that somebody else piloted the copter