KOBE BRYANT DEATH FINAL MINUTES BEFORE FATAL CRASH

Kobe Bryant death final minutes before helicopter crash. At 9:06 a.m. Pacific Standard Time on January 26, 2020, a Sikorsky S-76 helicopter departed from John Wayne Airport in Orange County, California, with nine people aboard: Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter Gianna, six family friends and the pilot. The group was traveling to a practice session at Bryant's Mamba Academy in Thousand Oaks. Due to light rain and foggy weather that morning, the LAPD helicopters and most other air traffic were grounded. The helicopter circled the area six times at an altitude of around 850 feet (260 m). At 9:30 a.m. the pilot Ara Zobayan contacted the control tower notifying the tower of the situation and was told he was "flying too low" to be tracked by radar. At that time, the helicopter experienced extreme fog and turned south towards the mountains. At 9:40 a.m. the helicopter climbed rapidly from 1,200 to 2,000 feet. At 9:45 a.m. the helicopter crashed into the side of a mountain in Calabasas, about 30 miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles, and caught on fire. Bryant, and the other 8 occupants, were killed. Witnesses reported hearing a helicopter struggling before crashing. The Federal Aviation Administration, National Transportation Safety Board, and the FBI have launched investigations into the crash. Audio from liveatc.net Please visit https://cellphoneatm.ecwid.com