LA county firefighters work at the scene of a helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant and wight others in Calabasas. The NTSB cited pilot Ara Zobayan's "poor decision to fly in excess of airspeed." It said the weather conditions were inconsistent with adverse weather training and resulted in the pilot's "spatial disorientation and loss of control." Zobayan was among those killed in the crash of the Sikorsky S-76B helicopter outside Los Angeles in hilly terrain. "Unfortunately, we continue to see these same issues influence poor decision making among otherwise experienced pilots in aviation crashes," he said.

Source: Otago Daily Times February 10, 2021 01:07 UTC