LOS ANGELES, Jan 28 — Federal investigators yesterday sifted through the wreckage of the helicopter crash that killed basketball legend Kobe Bryant and eight other people, hoping to find clues to what caused the accident that stunned the world. Bryant, 41, was traveling Sunday with his...
Fans of NBA basketball star Kobe Bryant pay their respects at a memorial outside the Staples Centre at LA Live in Los Angeles January 27, 2020. — Reuters pic
He was traveling on his private helicopter from Orange County, where he lived, to his Mamba Sports Academy in Thousand Oaks where his daughter was set to play. Homendy said the aircraft did not have a black box, which was not required on that type of helicopter. Philippe Lesourd, a helicopter pilot and instructor who has been flying in California for 29 years, told AFP that the heavy fog likely caused the pilot to lose control of the aircraft.
Christina Mauser, an assistant coach of the Mamba girls’ basketball team, was also killed along with Sarah and Payton Chester, a mother and daughter. The NBA announced that it had postponed today’s Lakers game against the Los Angeles Clipper in the wake of the tragedy.
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