Engine failure does not appear to be a factor in the helicopter crash that killed Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna along with seven others last month, the National Transportation Safety Board said Friday. You have no idea which way is up or down,” Randy Waldman, a helicopter flight instructor in Los Angeles, told The Associated Press. “Our investigators have already developed a substantial amount of evidence about the circumstances of this tragic crash,” NTSB Chairman Robert L. Sumwalt said in a statement. The helicopter was not required to have a flight data recorder or cockpit voice recorder and did not have either device. A memorial for Bryant will be held Feb. 24 at Los Angeles’ Staples Center, his former home court.

Source: Huffington Post February 08, 2020 23:03 UTC