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Kobe Bryant, former Los Angeles Lakers player, among 9 fatalities of helicopter crash in Calabasas. On Sunday, January 26, 2020, at approximately 9:06 a.m. PST (17:06 UTC), [3] eight passengers and one pilot departed from John Wayne Airport (SNA) in Orange County, California, in a 1991 Sikorsky S-76B helicopter, registration N72EX.
Los Angeles County officials said the Sunday morning helicopter crash that killed NBA legend Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, also claimed the lives of seven other victims.
26 January – A Sikorsky S-76 helicopter carrying retired basketball player Kobe Bryant, along with his 13-year-old daughter Gianna Maria "Gigi" Bryant, crashes outside of Calabasas, California, killing all nine on board.
Kobe Bean Bryant (/ ˈ k oʊ b i / KOH-bee; August 23, 1978 – January 26, 2020) was an American professional basketball player. A shooting guard, he spent his entire 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
The helicopter that crashed while carrying Kobe Bryant and eight others on Sunday did not have a flight recorder known as a black box, officials said.
Paramedics determined that all nine people on the helicopter had died in the crash.
The National Transportation Safety Board's investigation into the helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, and seven others last January has been closed.The ...
After a year-long investigation, the National Transportation Safety Bureau released its findings in the Kobe Bryant helicopter crash. Kobe Bryant crash investigation: Pilot became disoriented in ...