Pilot Tried to Gain Altitude to Avoid Cloud Layer Before Crash that Killed Kobe Bryant: Investigator
During a press conference on Monday evening, Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva told reporters that some families of the victims have visited the crash site, which National Transportation Safety Board member Jennifer Homendy described as a “pretty devastating accident scene.”, attempted to fly higher to avoid a cloud layer shortly before crashing.
Flight following is radar assistance for a flight that helps the pilot avoid traffic. It is used for communication between air traffic control and the pilot. “When air traffic control said they were too low, it wasn’t that they were too low, it was too low to provide flight following assistance,” Homendy later clarified.
. The aircraft, carrying a total of nine people, was set to arrive at Bryant’s Mamba Sports Academy in Newbury Park for a scheduled game, according to ESPN.Following the incident, on Sunday evening, Villanueva and Los Angeles County Fire Department Chief Daryl Osby held a press conference, during which they confirmed there were a total of nine victims.
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