Chip R (01-27-2020)
The Weather Channel is reporting that this particular 'copter did have a black box so that'll help in the investigation
Try thinking about how many trips he made in that helicopter over the course of his career and life, probably often times in bad weather. It was just another normal trip for him. Probably still safer than driving in LA traffic for hours a day, even in sketchy weather.
Nope, if the local police grounded their copters, Kobe had no business being up there.
As you all know, I'm a boater, hence my title. If there are small craft warnings, I don't go out. I study the weather thoroughly when going out and that continues while I'm out. Similar caution needs to be used in flying machines. I hope this becomes a learning lesson for others and future lives will be saved.
goreds2 (01-27-2020)
I have a family member who is a pilot and they canceled a planned flight due to weather that morning. It was incredibly foggy in parts of LA and surrounding areas.
goreds2 (01-27-2020)
I thought of John F. Kennedy Jr.'s plane crash when this story broke and hearing reports that Kobe was a pilot, with speculation that perhaps Kobe was the helicopter pilot yesterday. If I recall correctly JFK, Jr. had been warned not to fly and he wasn't qualified to fly in the conditions he went into to. However now that we know Kobe wasn't the pilot, it is surprising that a professional pilot ignored warnings and flew even though police helicopters were grounded, a tragic miscalculation.
"Hey...Dad. Wanna Have A Catch?" Kevin Costner in "Field Of Dreams."
FWIW, air traffic control at Burbank Airport cleared them for take off. Needless to say, plenty of blame to go around.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.was...outputType=amp
When all is said and done more is said than done.
Chip R (01-28-2020)
I was reading up on some aviation blogs today. Not going to go into many details (quite frankly because I don't understand a lot of the lingo) but it sounds more and more like pilot error or spatial orientation based on flight data we have. The term I heard a lot on these blogs was a case of "get-there-itis" which, if you google it, is a familiar aviation term for people who are simply trying to get some place as fast as they can even when conditions are dangerous.
I think they said he missed the first set of mountains by 100 feet before hitting the 2nd side? I didn't realize they circled for 10-12 minutes before being allowed to enter around the Van Nuys airspace? Either way, it seems like there were plenty of red flags abound and they didn't give 2 ***** about being safe.
local police do not fly Sikorsky's....it is a whole different breed of flying machine. Kobe has had the Sikorsky for several years, and they are not grounded for fog because they are able to fly above it.
His previous helicopter was smaller, had skids and would have likely been grounded....which is why he upgraded.
saw this animation of crash....not sure if close to accurate
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