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| Hillside where the helicopter crashed |
Two days later much of Los Angeles is still paralyzed by news of the helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter Gianna, two other 13-year-olds, three parents, an assistant coach, and the helicopter pilot.
My daughter Roz showed me the flight path commentary of a pilot who posts on YouTube as VASAviation with 315,000 subscribers.
He put together the path of the copter and its communications with air controllers:
Viewer comments on his YouTube report are good too; one person compares this crash to the one 30 years ago that killed Stevie Ray Vaughn.
The altitude of the crash site is 1,085 feet. Just before the crash, the pilot had ascended to 2,300 feet, trying to get out of the fog.
The altitude of the crash site is 1,085 feet. Just before the crash, the pilot had ascended to 2,300 feet, trying to get out of the fog.
Here's Tuesday's report on the flight path in the LA Times:
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-01-28/the-last-flight-of-kobe-bryant
Addition on Jan. 29, 2020:
This summary by Forbes says it all:
The helicopter that crashed Sunday killing basketball star Kobe Bryant and eight others was owned by a charter company that only operated under visual flight rules, and its pilots were not permitted to fly solely based on their cockpit gauges if they encountered weather that limited visibility, a former pilot for the company told Forbes.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeremybogaisky/2020/01/29/pilot-in-kobe-bryant-helicopter-crash-wasnt-allowed-to-fly-by-instruments/#6455e80526ea
Addition on Jan. 29, 2020:
This summary by Forbes says it all:
The helicopter that crashed Sunday killing basketball star Kobe Bryant and eight others was owned by a charter company that only operated under visual flight rules, and its pilots were not permitted to fly solely based on their cockpit gauges if they encountered weather that limited visibility, a former pilot for the company told Forbes.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeremybogaisky/2020/01/29/pilot-in-kobe-bryant-helicopter-crash-wasnt-allowed-to-fly-by-instruments/#6455e80526ea
Here's the LAT report for Wednesday, citing weather and the lack of a terrain warning system:
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