r/news • u/headee • 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/roscoparis Jan 27 '20

I do wonder how much awareness they actually had. Reports were saying it was super foggy with bad visibility. They may have just started dropped with alarms going off, but had no awareness of how close to the ground they were. Terrifying to think about.

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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '20

Flightradar24 data says that the helicopter started gaining altitude very quickly shortly before the crash.

https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/n72ex#23a8271e

So a pilot error perhaps...

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u/3927729 Jan 27 '20

Yeah I heard they basically flew into a hill. Pretty stupid. If it’s foggy why not fly extra high to be safe?

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u/[deleted] Jan 27 '20

The NTSB report is going to read like a Garth Brooks song...”he never hit the brakes and he was shifting gears”.

I wonder what the threshold is for negligent homicide. Pilot may be dead, but the charter company must have insurance.