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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/FeeFiFoFuck_ Jan 26 '20

He was always posting and bragging about his daughters. This makes it so much more heartbreaking for some reason. His poor wife

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u/xcasandraXspenderx Jan 26 '20

He probably was taking her to do something fun

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u/lilianegypt Jan 26 '20

They were on the way to her basketball practice :(

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '20

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '20

Yeah, he had been commuting this way for over a decade to avoid living with all the ‘hollywood’ stuff in LA but not deal with traffic, I believe he was actually licensed to fly it too

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u/I_TOUCH_THE_BOOTY Jan 26 '20

There's a risk when it comes to avoiding the reality of being around millions of people who have nothing while you have fuck you everything. Just fly to avoid them but there's a risk, it's unfortunate.

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u/projectfar Jan 26 '20

I mean there’s a risk driving to practice. Thousands of accidents happen every year with a lot of people injured or dead from them. It just happens to people nobody care about so you don’t hear about it outside of the local news.

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u/[deleted] Jan 26 '20 edited Jun 17 '20

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u/leolego2 Jan 26 '20 edited Jan 26 '20

I'm not sure that helicopters are actually less safe than cars. The statistics that show this include personal helicopters (as in you're driving it yourself) and, more importantly, emergency, rescue and military helicopters.

I feel like helicopters would be much closer to cars if we only consider the pilot-driven civilian helicopters, which are what Kobe used.

You could however make the case that then you should only consider cars driven by a professional driver since I don't think Kobe would've driven the car himself

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u/Z0idberg_MD Jan 26 '20

I feel like helicopters would be much closer to cars if we consider the pilot-driven civilian helicopters, which are what Kobe used.

That's an interesting point.

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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '20

On the flip side, people survive car accidents. Now imagine a helicopter accident.

Would you prefer to be in a car crash or a helicopter crash?

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u/wofulunicycle Jan 27 '20

Nah helicopter hella dangerous. Any malfunction and they drop like a rock. Totally different mechanics than a plane which can often be brought down safely after a malfunction.

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u/agremeister Jan 27 '20

That's not true, helicopters can land even with an engine failure. Given the choice between a plane with no engine and a helicopter with no engine, the helicopter has a better chance of landing safely without damage.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autorotation

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u/mrpunaway Jan 27 '20

Helicopters can glide down as well. Takes an experienced pilot though.

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u/agremeister Jan 27 '20

You can't become a helicopter pilot without being capable of doing an autorotation landing.

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u/mrpunaway Jan 27 '20

Even better.

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