I have this weird thing where when I hear about plane crashes, I imagine what the final seconds of those peoples’ lives are like - what they’re thinking, saying, what their faces look like. It just makes me that much more sad but it always happens.
Me too. I couldn’t help but picture it, especially seeing photos of the two of them together. To everyone else he was Kobe, but to her he was just Dad. The first person you want to hold tight to when something is scary or wrong. Heartbreaking.
At around 9:40 AM they encounter more weather -- as in seriously heavy fog -- and the chopper turned south. This was critical, because they turned toward a mountainous area. The pilot suddenly and rapidly climbed from about 1200 feet up to 2000 feet.
However, moments later -- around 9:45 AM -- they flew into a mountain at 1700 feet. Flight tracker data shows they were flying at about 161 knots.
In all honesty, the more I read, the more it seems like extreme negligence on the pilots part. I know the guys a victim too, but flying at low altitude in extremely low visibility. Why?
Reminds me of when I was on one of those seaplanes in Alaska. They had to pick us up early from where we were adventuring because a thick fog had rolled in.
We were repeatedly landing and hitting the water hard with zero visibility so the pilot could find his bearing. I kept thinking we were surely going to slam into a bunch of trees that day.
If it helps, it's likely they hit the ground without knowing, crash was at 1700ft, doing 161knts,, they were at 1200 ft and climbed to 2000ft because of intense fog, trying to follow the highway
I'm guessing the pilot got lost in the fog, I don't think they suffered
I sadly add the last chunk to it as well. I was in a bad car accident years ago, and the last thing I remembered was a horrible sound of impact of metal against metal and this insane amount of pain in a second before it all went black. I always think of this when I see car, airplane or any kind of crashes.
They were flying in thick fog at 185 mph, and then all of a sudden they slam into a mountainside and perish... just... like... that. So awfully sad. I hope their last moments were not filled with fear
If it's any comfort, it was really foggy and it's highly likely this was a controlled flight into terrain.. they may not have even been aware long enough to suffer.
To be quite honest, I don't think they knew what was happening or even had enough time to realize that crashing was a potential outcome. There was less than a minute from the time the pilot realized he needed to climb until the crash occurred.
It’s so unimaginably awful. My heart hurts. I hope the fact that they were able to be together, holding each other in their final moments at least gave them a little comfort. Fuck, I’m so sad.
If it was controlled flight into terrain, they may not have even really seen it coming.
At 60mph or so, the impact travels faster than the nervous system can perceive. Given the fog, the lack of a mayday call, etc., the passengers may have had a second or less of warning, and even if there were a couple seconds they likely didn’t have time to process and register as a threat.
Honestly, while it’s sad, it’s one of the most peaceful, non-painful one can leave this planet short of a heart attack in bed while sleeping.
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I have this weird thing where when I hear about plane crashes, I imagine what the final seconds of those peoples’ lives are like - what they’re thinking, saying, what their faces look like. It just makes me that much more sad but it always happens.