Kobe Bryant and Gianna Bryant were among the nine killed when a helicopter they were flying in crashed in Calabasas, California
“He had a lot of respect for flying and would never take risks. He knew the valley very well. The area where they crashed was not a new area for him. He was very familiar with that area,” the source said.
Homendy went on to share that the helicopter was not equipped with a terrain awareness and warning system . Homendy added that the helicopter was also not equipped with a cockpit voice recorders and flight data recorders . Like TAWS, NTSB recommended the use of cockpit voice recorders and flight data recorders to the FAA after a 2005 helicopter crash in the Baltic Sea that killed 12 people. The recommendation was also rejected, Homendy revealed.
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