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Title: Kobe copter investigation
Post by: Drutts0643 on January 28, 2020, 03:13:20 pm
I saw a pic earlier on TV of crash site.Horrible.Looks like copter flew right into hill.

So why doesnt a copter warn pilot of on-coming hill if too foggy?

Why does only 1 person pilot a copter?Shouldnt there be also a co-pilot like on a plane?

This accident seems like it could have been avoided. <sad&sigh>
Title: Re: Kobe copter investigation
Post by: killers2 on January 28, 2020, 03:18:17 pm
I am interested to see what happens with this.  I wish they wouldn't have decided to fly that day. :(
Title: Re: Kobe copter investigation
Post by: calendria on January 28, 2020, 04:59:23 pm
 >:(
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"The weather was so foggy the Los Angeles Police Department and LA county sheriff’s department had grounded their own choppers."

https://nypost.com/2020/01/27/kobe-bryants-helicopter-tried-to-climb-to-avoid-clouds-before-crash-ntsb-officials-say/
Title: Re: Kobe copter investigation
Post by: Drutts0643 on January 28, 2020, 07:08:00 pm
>:(
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"The weather was so foggy the Los Angeles Police Department and LA county sheriff’s department had grounded their own choppers."

https://nypost.com/2020/01/27/kobe-bryants-helicopter-tried-to-climb-to-avoid-clouds-before-crash-ntsb-officials-say/
I heard that.Ya wonder if pilot knew that and got told to fly anyway.


Like Challenger disaster shouldnt have happened either.
Title: Re: Kobe copter investigation
Post by: claudegrizzle on January 28, 2020, 10:15:33 pm
I agree that the helicopter should not have been flying in such conditions. I also was unaware that in a helicopter there is only 1 pilot. Situation is so sad for so many. Hopefully we will learn more as investigation continues. I live about 20 minutes from where this happened and my husband works nearby the Mamba facility they were going to.
Title: Re: Kobe copter investigation
Post by: nickylanena on January 29, 2020, 12:28:11 am
I agree that the helicopter should not have been flying in such conditions. I also was unaware that in a helicopter there is only 1 pilot. Situation is so sad for so many. Hopefully we will learn more as investigation continues. I live about 20 minutes from where this happened and my husband works nearby the Mamba facility they were going to.

I live near Sherman Oaks and slept in until about 1PM on Sunday. When I woke up and opened my blinds the sky was gray and foggy still and according to the news it was like that for most of the day. There's no way anyone should have been flying.
Title: Re: Kobe copter investigation
Post by: pectacon on January 29, 2020, 08:19:34 am
I don't know anything about helicopters but I would reason that there's only one pilot because there's so little space anyway. One more crew equals one less passenger, which probably means more cost and less income.
Title: Re: Kobe copter investigation
Post by: autumnsparklemom on January 29, 2020, 09:26:34 am
Just so sad. Prayers for all the families.
Title: Re: Kobe copter investigation
Post by: Drutts0643 on January 29, 2020, 11:10:36 am
Ecclesiastes 9:11 King James Version (KJV)
11 I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
Title: Re: Kobe copter investigation
Post by: cadence4u on January 29, 2020, 11:37:30 am
He was especial trained for fog conditions years ago. The pilot circled 15 minutes before taking off when he got clearance from Air traffic controllers.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7934407/Helicopter-crashed-killing-Kobe-8-circled-15-minutes-Burbank.html?ito=facebook_share_article-facebook_preferred-top&fbclid=IwAR1Ny7LFvxRhlFPuxgu6RMIibAjUcOrl_frjJkAOs1jm6PI-VsYbZXKTUxw
Title: Re: Kobe copter investigation
Post by: singletonb on January 29, 2020, 11:54:26 am
It was a bad situation but I pray that something good and positive results from this tragic accident
Title: Re: Kobe copter investigation
Post by: makeblessed on January 29, 2020, 12:33:05 pm
This is beyond tragic, so many lives lost; praying for all the families.
Title: Re: Kobe copter investigation
Post by: dancer139 on January 29, 2020, 04:44:43 pm
This was heartbreaking.  prayers to him wife and girls and other family members  and prayers to all the others that lost their lives as well.  Let them investigate and be done with it.  They deserve peace not to be talked abjout all over the news