Kobe Bryant Pilot Failed to Follow Training in Fatal Crash February 9, 2021 By Alan Levin The charter pilot who was flying basketball star Kobe Bryant last year failed to follow his training and kept going...
U.S. Board Urges Helicopter Manufacturers to Add Crash-Data Recorders June 3, 2020 By David Shepardson The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) on Tuesday urged six major manufacturers to equip turbine-powered helicopters with crash-resistant systems to...
Helicopter Company in Kobe Bryant Crash not Certified to Fly in Poor Visibility January 31, 2020 The charter company whose helicopter crashed and killed basketball star Kobe Bryant, his daughter and seven others on Sunday was...
Kobe Bryant’s Helicopter Lacked Terrain Warning Device, NTSB Says January 29, 2020 By Alan Levin The helicopter ferrying basketball legend Kobe Bryant and eight others that slammed into a hillside near Los Angeles Sunday wasn’t...
Pilot of Bryant Helicopter Tried to Avoid Heavy Fog January 29, 2020 By Stefanie Dazio, David Koenig and Bernard Condon CALABASAS, Calif. — A veteran pilot who plunged into a Los Angeles-area hillside, killing Kobe Bryant and eight others, had...
Bryant Crash Copter Didn’t Have ‘Black Box’ Recorders, NTSB Says January 28, 2020 By Alan Levin The helicopter on which Kobe Bryant and eight other people died Sunday wasn’t equipped with crash-proof voice and data recorders,...