Audio and radar catches the final moments before the helicopter crashed killing Kobe Bryant, his daughter and 7 others.
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Takes a LOT to be an air traffic controller.
That’s why they get paid 6 figures.
so sad
I would hate to be in that flight tower when this happened. Collateral damage. 😢🕯
In all due respect, I will NEVER understand how anyone would want to fly when there’s bad weather, especially fog, unless there’s no choice which is never the case really.
Just take a car and be a lot safer if you have to be somewhere in bad weather, they would still be alive today.
Tor Guy yes i agree but the reason why they took that helicopter is because they were going to giannas basketball practice, which its very far close to the north, mamba academy. I think they should have canceled it because of this weather but it is very sad news.
Or they could have left later in the afternoon for the fog to clear up just to be safe 🤦♂️ better late to the basketball game than crashing.
The game of “what if’s” is useless. This would’ve happened inevitably because it happened period. Also for Kobe and Gianna, flying in the helicopter was as second nature as getting in a car because they did it so often. They never thought the outcome would be their deaths.
@Jewelyana Vick They said the fog was so bad, law enforcement grounded their helicopters. Pilots should know that flying when you can’t see what’s in front of you isn’t a bright idea.
@Money 101 They didn’t crash because of the weather. Eye witnesses saw the copter flying low and clearly struggling to stay airborne just before it crashed.
🙁
So, if visibility was that bad, why were they allowed to fly at all?
@PilotCrissy Yes, but aeroplanes can fly above bad weather and land through said on instruments linked to a myriad of ground based guidance – opitons private helicopters do not have.
That’s the same thing i said but when he lost connection with them it was a wrap
@woke boi wow
Probably because Kobe had a lot of special privilege.
It has nothing to do with visibility. The helicopter failed and they crashed. Read the eye witnesses
At 0:53
Notice how much faster the helicopter is going despite the bad vision
I believe this is when the pilot thought it was safe to fly at a faster speed. I’m surprised because he should have know he was too low…hence him flying into a hill.
They had no clue whatsoever that they would die.
Rip Kobe
@Patti Feliciano it wasnt real…
Patti Feliciano where can you see the actual video please.? Thank you for that it was not adding up to me.
Patti Feliciano that wasn’t his helicopter…the video you are referring to occurred in the Grand Canyon
@violetlight100 I was wrong. The video I saw was not Kobe’s helicopter. Everyone is saying that it’s a different crash.
You’re making huge assumptions, and you’re wrong. Eye witnesses saw the copter flying too low and struggling – it had nothing to do with the weather. The pilot was Kobe’s favorite and had flown him this route hundreds of times. He knew exactly what he was doing.
Not worth your life to fly in that kind of weather. This should of never happened. R.I.P to all 9
He wasn’t replying to the tower while falling
It was going 180mph by the time the tower reply it’s already over
TexasForLife! bro what
@Lanito_ The Burrito Just another nut who believes all black celebrities are either killed and cloned or illuminati sacrifices. Don’t feed these trolls🙄.
Hibiscus Syriacus True True
Rest in Heaven to all 9 that were killed in this horrific accident. I just don’t understand why the helicopter accelerated so fast towards the mountains? He was an experienced pilot
Nothing is rite about anything !!
I’d hold my family and say it’s in Gods hands now !!!
The way it is cut… Heartbreaking.
So many preventable deaths
You’re so right 😔
The Pilot had bad judgment.
When it’s your turn you can’t avoid it not even if your get out of the way and when it’s not your turn you won’t get hit not even if you get in the way… If this makes sense at all.
When i saw that Green Helicopter logo disappear i was devastated…
Seriously dude. I cant. No words.
That’s when it crashed
RIP Very Early Death😓
It veered and turned at the last minute before crashing
As if the pilot seen the hill coming and tried to make a steep sharp left turn and banked it right into the hill.
This accident like many others was 100% preventable period
Wouldn’t you reply even if your crashing down? Like help !!! Because they wear helmets or headsets right?
I don’t know much about helicopters but airplanes, you have to push a button to reply to air traffic control.
If they have a black box like airplanes do that would hold all conversations held the previous 30 minutes before the crash.
Because He didn’t know he was about to crash
kobe man
Wow, when it disappeared from radar. Powerful image.
How can foggy weather be enough to take down a expensive special helicopter these days? Must have been something else than shitty weather? dafuq
New message vfr into imc resulting in spatial disorientation then cfit.
all the comments saying “it was preventable” or “he shouldn’t have been flying” what’s done is done and he probably underestimated how bad it was gonna be.
Wished they wouldn’t have let them fly in those conditions 😞