FAIRFIELD-SUISUN, CALIFORNIA
LASD wanted a helipad near Villanueva’s home. They started building even after owner said no [Los Angeles Times]
One day last summer, workers for the Southern California Gas Co. were on a plot of land the utility owns that sits above the home of Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva in La Habra Heights. Some sheriff’s officials approached and asked about the possibility of the department building a helicopter landing pad on the property.
The utility declined the request.
Despite the rejection, construction of a helicopter pad began, with a crew grading an area and hauling in dirt in recent weeks, according to the La Habra Heights city manager and a letter the gas company sent to L.A. County. In the cease-and-desist letter, an attorney for the gas company demanded that the work on the helipad stop and that the county undo what was done to the land.
Kobe Bryant helicopter crashed after pilot pushed limits and disregarded training, NTSB says
Federal investigators are recommending significant helicopter safety changes including more pilot training and readily available technology after concluding the crash that killed basketball legend Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter and seven others was entirely preventable.
In four hours of testimony and deliberations, the National Transportation Safety Board said Island Express charter pilot Ara Zobayan pushed the limits of bad weather flying rules, climbed into clouds, became disoriented about the helicopter’s position relative to the horizon, and made a descending left turn into a cloud-obscured Calabasas, California, hillside last year.
Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva reported Wednesday that the number of violent crimes his department responded to in January was up compared to.
Pilot in Kobe Bryant helicopter crash pushed the limits of bad weather flying rules, NTSB says
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Pete Muntean and Madeline Holcombe, CNN
Published Feb 10, 2021 12:40:55 AM
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(CNN) Basketball legend Kobe Bryant s helicopter pilot pushed the limits of bad weather flying rules, and ultimately abandoned his training as he became disoriented in the clouds and crashed into a Southern California hillside last year, investigators said Tuesday.
The comments were made during a National Transportation Safety Board meeting that is to settle on an official cause of the January 26, 2020, crash that killed Bryant, his daughter, the pilot, and six others.