'This was totally avoidable, and on the part of some people I can go as far as to say irresponsible,' said Robert Ditchey, a longtime airplane pilot, aeronautical engineer and former airline executive.
Flight data show the route of Kobe Bryant's helicopter flight, which ran into "very scary conditions.''Show captionA body is carried from the scene of a helicopter crash that killed former NBA basketball player Kobe Bryant, his daughter and several others in Calabasas, Calif.The final minutes of interaction between the pilot of the helicopter carrying Kobe Bryant and air traffic controllers did not indicate any cause for alarm – until the communication suddenly ceased.
As he transitioned from the air traffic controller in Burbank to the one in Van Nuys, Zobayan maintained his special VFR privileges while flying at 1,400 feet of elevation and staying close to freeways. Ditchey said helicopters can operate in bad weather because they can fly low, just as long as they have reasonable visibility, which is defined as at least 1 mile. Even then, going at 120 mph, that gives the pilot only 30 seconds to avoid a large obstacle.
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