News had expressed earlier that Kobe Bryant died in a helicopter crash that occurred in Southern California on 26th of January in the morning.
He was among five people aboard the helicopter that crashed with no survivor. His age was 41.
The crash in Calabasas and deaths were confirmed by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department though the Sheriffs did not mention Kobe’s name.
adding more information about the incident, Jennifer Homendy of the National Transportation Safety Board, an accident investigator,explained that Zobayan, the pilot of the helicopter, told air traffic regulators in his radio message that he was raising the helicopter up “to avoid layer s of cloud.”
According to Homendy, Zobayan had asked for and received special clearance to fly in heavy fog just minutes before Sunday’s crash and was flying at 1,400 feet (427 metres) when he went south and then west.
She said traffic controllers had told the pilot that he was flying too low when he asked them to provide “flight following assistance.”
“About four minutes later, the pilot advised they were climbing to avoid clouds layer,” she said.
“When ATC asked what the pilot planned to do, there was no reply. Radar data indicates the helicopter climbed to 2,300 feet (701 metres) and then began a left descending turn. Last radar contact was about 9:45 am (17:45 GMT) and is consistent with the accident location.”
News understands that the weather was so foggy that the Los Angeles Police Department and the county sheriff’s department had grounded their own helicopters.
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