Kobe Bryant’s crash press conference, who else were among the victims?

Accidents always come unexpectedly.

In a recent helicopter accident, basketball superstar Kobe Bryant left us forever, as well as his beloved second daughter Gianna, who was also considered to inherit his basketball talent. In addition to them, there were seven other people on the helicopter, all of whom died unfortunately.

According to a report by the American media CNN, the people on board originally planned to participate in basketball training at the Mamba Academy. Others on board included Ala Zobayan, an experienced pilot, John Altobelli, now the head baseball coach at Orange Coast College, and his wife and daughter Alesha. And Alessa is a member of Gianna's team. There is also a pair of mother and daughter, Sarah Chester and Payton Chester. Payton is also Gianna's teammate. In addition, Gianna's team coach Christina Mauser was also on the helicopter.

In order to get rid of the bad ground transportation, Kobe often took helicopters to participate in training and games. On the day of the incident, people moved forward with excitement and confidence, but unexpectedly they encountered a sudden disaster. As soon as the news came out, everyone felt deep sadness. The investigation into this helicopter crash is still continuing, and it is initially determined that it was caused by heavy fog in Los Angeles.

The weather conditions in Los Angeles on the day of travel were not good. The fog was severe and lasted for a long time. Even the Los Angeles air rescue team was forced to land due to bad weather conditions. Since the crashed helicopter did not have a black box installed and only had an iPad, it is currently difficult to know why the crew on board still chose to travel in such weather conditions. Pilot Ala's flight time was 8,200 hours, and he was not as inexperienced as some reports said.

The crew on board contacted the ground control center at around 9:30 a.m. U.S. time. At that time, the pilot requested to enter the airspace, and air traffic control said that there were fixed-wing aircraft flying in the airspace and asked them to wait. As a result, the helicopter lost the best opportunity to land and soon encountered more severe fog. In desperation, the helicopter chose to fly south, which was probably a mistake. To the south of the plane is a mountainous area with complex terrain. With the line of sight always blocked, the pilot could only accelerate and take off, ignoring environmental factors, which eventually led to a tragedy.

I hope the families of the deceased can still live a strong life.