Kobe Bryant dies in Chopper crash?

a reply to: Flyingclaydisk

That's what it looks like reading the update. The may have clipped some trees first, but it doesn't show any indication of mechanical problems, or a blade strike, and a witness saw them go into a left turn just before impact, and everything appeared normal.

LeBron James has started making the all seeing eye hand gesture.

originally posted by: Zaphod58
a reply to: Flyingclaydisk

That's what it looks like reading the update. The may have clipped some trees first, but it doesn't show any indication of mechanical problems, or a blade strike, and a witness saw them go into a left turn just before impact, and everything appeared normal.

Any indication of Kobe being the pilot at the time?

a reply to: Vasa Croe

They'll never know. The aircraft wasn't equipped with recorders, and wasn't required to be.

originally posted by: Zaphod58
a reply to: Vasa Croe

They'll never know. The aircraft wasn't equipped with recorders, and wasn't required to be.

If you had to guess?

Based on what I've read the pilot was no novice....this appears to be a novice mistake that the primary pilot couldn't recover from.

a reply to: Vasa Croe

He may not have been a novice, but that doesn't mean much. Any number of highly experienced pilots have been caught in this situation with the same results. If he didn't regularly fly in instrument conditions, his skills and reactions will have gotten rusty.