US Federal Agency Releases Footage of Helicopter Crash Site Where Kobe Bryant was Killed

The US National Transportation Safety Board released footage taken Monday, January 27, of officials inspecting the site of a helicopter crash in which nine people including NBA legend Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna died.
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READ MORE: Rescuers recovered the bodies of all nine victims from a helicopter crash near Los Angeles that killed NBA legend Kobe Bryant, the coroner's office said Tuesday, January 28. Three bodies were retrieved from the scattered wreckage by a special response team Sunday — the day of the crash. The remaining six were located as the search resumed in rugged terrain Monday, it said.

The remains were "removed from the crash site and transported to the department's forensic science center" for examination and identification, the Los Angeles County coroner's office said in a statement.

Bryant, 41, was traveling with his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven other passengers and crew when the Sikorsky S-76 slammed into a rugged hillside in thick fog in Calabasas, northwest of LA.
There were no survivors.

The pilot of the helicopter that crashed and killed basketball superstar Kobe Bryant climbed to avoid a cloud layer just before slamming into a hillside, federal investigators say.

Jennifer Homendy of the National Transportation Safety Board said Monday the pilot received special clearance to fly in heavy fog, then minutes later advised air traffic controllers of the climb.

The controllers received no further reply from the pilot. (VOA/AFP)
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