By Regina Star
Feb 8, 2021
Federal safety officials are expected to announce the probable cause of the tragic January 2020 helicopter crash that killed NBA basketball legend
Kobe Bryant this week, Associated Press has learned.
The announcement, to be delivered on Tuesday (February 9), will come more than a year after Bryant passed away on January 26, 2020, along with eight other passengers aboard the copter, including his 13-year-old daughter,
Gianna Bryant, and the pilot, Ara Zobayan.
According to reports, the copter had been through foggy weather conditions from Orange County en route to a youth basketball game at Bryant’s Mamba Sports Academy in Ventura County when the S-76 helicopter plunged into the Calabasas hills, killing all nine aboard before being consumed by flames.
The helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant and eight other people in Southern California last year was most likely caused by the pilot’s decision to fly into clouds in violation of federal rules, blinding him to his surroundings and causing him to lose control of the helicopter as he became disoriented, investigators said on Tuesday. Mr. Bryant, the retired star basketball player on the Los Angeles Lakers, was killed on Jan. 26, 2020, when the.
The National Transportation Safety Board revealed the likely cause of the deadly helicopter crash that took the lives of nine Southern California residents, including NBA legend Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter on Tuesday.
Kobe Bryant helicopter pilot had spatial disorientation in deadly crash: NTSB
By Kelli Johnson
NTSB reveals cause of deadly helicopter crash in Calabasas
WASHINGTON - The National Transportation Safety Board revealed the likely cause of the deadly helicopter crash that took the lives of nine Southern California residents, including NBA legend Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter on Tuesday.
During Tuesday’s board meeting, the NTSB was critical of veteran pilot Ara Zobayan s actions in the final moments of the flight from when the aircraft entered the Van Nuys airspace to when it collided with the hilly terrain in Calabasas.