Kobe Bryant Crash: Authorities Discuss Helicopter’s Flight Plan & Say “No Criminal Aspect” Of Probe
National Transportation Safety Board member Jennifer Homendy spoke outside the Malibu/Lost Hills Sheriff’s Station in Calabasas. Few new details were disclosed, but Homendy spent some time discussing the aircraft’s flight path “because I want to make sure it is reported accurately.”
She said veteran pilot Zobayan — who also died in the accident — was flying from John Wayne Airport in Orange County to just south of Burbank Airport. She said “preliminary information is that the helicopter was flying under special visual flight rules, or VFRs, an air traffic control authorization that allows an aircraft to proceed through controlled airspace at less than the basic VFR minimums of 1,000-foot ceiling with three miles visibility.
Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva also was at today’s press briefing. He said it will be “a misdemeanor for anyone to unlawfully access the crash site” and said deputies are patrolling the area on horseback. The Las Virgenes offramps from the north- and southbound 1010 Freeway remain closed, as does Las Virgenes Road between Agoura Road and Lost Hills Road. Only residents with ID are allowed into the perimeter.
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