WASHINGTON, June 18 — The pilot of the helicopter that crashed into a hillside with Kobe Bryant aboard may have been disoriented by thick fog shortly prior to impact, according to a report by the National Transportation Safety Board. The NTSB report said Ara Zobayan might have “misperceived”...
Personnel collect debris while working with investigators at the helicopter crash site of NBA star Kobe Bryant in Calabasas, California January 28, 2020. — Reuters pic
The report states that when Zobayan told air traffic controllers he was climbing to 4,000 feet to get above clouds, the helicopter was instead plunging in direction of the hillside. A recent autopsy report on Zobayan said the helicopter was traveling 184 mph when it crashed into the hillside.
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