The Sikorsky helicopter was not equipped with “Taws” — a terrain avoidance warning system required in commercial airplanes and Medevac choppers to help pilots avoid steep terrain.
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Kobe Bryant’s Doomed Helicopter Lacked Recommended Safety System | NBC Nightly News
the heli probably hangin in the air till they “gave” some frog and some haarp?
Maybe now things with change! And they did not die in vain! But it was a bad day to fly!!
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Vanessa can sue the helicopter company This is so tragic because his daughter was on the flight
She would have turned a teen mother or abortionist, later. The accident saved her that disgrace.
The aircraft has a altimeter , shows you how far above the ground you are , the pilot should have payed more attention to his instruments and gained altitude to do a VOR approach to the airport , between the low visibility and no outside flight references he probably got disorientated .
he did gain altitude…however too quickly while the helicopter was going slow…the rpm’s got too low…and there was rotor stall
The media won’t tell us the truth that there was a heartbreaking 10-15 second freefall because it is too hard to imagine…
Imagine the really loud noise and then within a second – dead silence…
Reminds me so much of Aaliyah 💔😢
This system wouldn’t have made a difference, the pilot already knew he had to go up and he did. When he switched from visual to instruments he lost control.
And how do YOU know all this? They say the investigation will take some time and yet I’ve already read confidently that (a) it was a mechanical failure, and (b) That “it ran out of fuel”, and now this one which sounds highly unlikely, but not completely impossible.
@IT’S PROBING TIME 666 By putting together the NTSB updates on the evidence and facts they have shared thus far, coupled with simulation showing the flight path, and actual pilots who fly that helicopter taking that same info and coming to the same conclusion, until a final NTSB report is released later this year. Spatial disorientation in the fog.
@Erwin S Well ” Spatial disorientation in the fog. ” contradicts your previous claim of “When he switched from visual to instruments he lost control. “. That could have happened the opposite way around, but not by switching to instruments. Since he didn’t have the ground avoidance system in this heli and seems to have been flying in thick fog then he WOULD have been flying IFR all the time he was in that fog. I’ll wait for the NTSB report to get actual factual information rather that all the experts here who don’t have a clue.
They sent him the cheap helicopter because he be black and sheet
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Weird thing is before his death i had a dream of a lightning hitting a helicopter and the helicopter was crashing towards me And ehen it hit me i woke up.
Next time your dream will come true on you, not someone else.
@Alphonso Zorro I can not doubt that. Because it did once.
It’s so sad all people from idol Kobe condolence ur family Bryant also only wife Kobe condolence 😥😥😥😢
They basically killed Kobe by not installing something that detects hills and more
Didn’t the lakers cheated in game 6 and/or 7 involving the injury to kendrick Perkins not important tho I’m good folks?
I just pray and HOPE the pilot with all his prior flying experience (as it was stated) didn’t experience a mental episode, where it became a suicide on HIS part. Possibly a medical episode can on suddenly.
I still can’t accept the fact that all of this is true
Anyone else see Kobe’s commercial of a helicopter blowing up? Or the cartoon of Kobe dying in a helicopter crash? By the way Kobes helicopter was black.
He did not own any helicopter at the time of his death. And the black one is the same helicopter as the blue and white one.
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Investigation should covers all aspect..not just technicality only…need to investigate all on board including pilots…their behavior before the flight a day a week or maybe a month from the incident…need to know everything might find an interesting story hidden in between could happen..we never know…
Shaq hadn’t talked to Kobe since 2016. Sad. Call your friends.
They were fueding on twitter not long ago,I never knew they liked each other to begin with
This incedent wrong pilot or ?
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If there’s only an emergency parachute in the helicopter of Kobe, there is a chance they will survive in that crash.
There was also a good chance he got beheaded.
That old guy sounds exactly like Dr. Phil 😂
NTSB starts guessing . 🤷♂️🤨
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Close your eyes for the last time
Questioning everything that went wrong
in the end we will both rot together
In the end we rot toegether
Our love lies in embers
say goodbye
This poem goes out to all who we’re taken way to early. Day after day we spend our time thinking of you wondering why times like these have to come true your lost has left all of blue so all we have now are just memories of you . One day will all be together let’s make the come true because memories of you will never be forgotten. Your style and smile would light up any room and your looks would make any flower bloom because memories of you will NEVER be forgotten.
In places with hills it should obviously be required
R.I.P. to all nine passengers ✌️May the families find strength to rise above their loses…. ✌️
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TAWS doesn’t come in american made helicopters because american made helicopters are cheap garbage. Literally.
Thats why the FAA doesn’t mandate them. Why would you not have TAWS standard in a mountainous area like southern California?
Or any area of California. I guess its cheaper not to have it than to pay to litigate. Just like American car companies. Does “fight club” ring a bell? And you wonder why people are losing it. Amercia is morally bankrupt. Just like the rest of the world now. Sad.
Pump the brakes there, windbag. The Sikorsky does come standard with a TAWS system. It is called a PILOT. Why would you need to have a computer system that warns you of terrain ahead, if the aircraft you are in is only certified to be operated when the pilot can see out the window? I wasn’t aware that people were losing it over a helicopter crash. Sad….
Ron Maxim I have no idea what you are trying to say. Talk about a “windbag”. Let me know when you can speak English.
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Ron Maxim my bad you seem to think California doesn’t have unique wind and weather as well as terrain and no safety equipment for a large 9 person POS silosrky is okay. You are a tough guy.
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@The Hurricane No safety equipment? How about a pilot that understands the risk of low visibility flight into rising terrain? That is a pretty good piece of safety equipment. So you want to mandate a piece of equipment in an aircraft that is not certified for flight when the pilot cannot see out of the windshield? If the aircraft is not certified for flight when the pilot cannot see, why should the aircraft have a piece of equipment that has no value if the pilot is looking out the windscreen as is required by the certification?? Its interesting that the NTSB recommended a Terrain AWS based on a helicopter crash that occurred over NO TERRAIN, the ocean. What part of VFR flight is so hard to comprehend?? If you can’t see out the window, don’t fly. You don’t think a TAWS will cause VFR pilots to push the envelope even more, knowing that good old TAWS will let them know that they are about to crash into a mountain they cant see because they broke numerous FAA regulations getting themselves to that point? And no, fog is not unique to California…Y’all ain’t as special as you think.
Even my DJI drone has a warning system. Geez get your act together FAA
That news guy sounds like dr. Phil
I think the reason that this helo didn’t have the TAWS was the fact the aircraft wasn’t certified by the FAA to fly in IFR conditions. Only VFR.
With that being said no need for TAWS as the pilot would be looking out the windows.
I soon about his laker years of friend and family
He finally learned how to pass…
so this how he died said
I ment sad
This is so frickin sad
https://youtu.be/-ymcG-YKOCM
If anyone wants to watch a good review of the accident from actual professional pilots that’s the link. Way better than ignorant media ppl hyping tragedy.
i was named after him
Let’s cancel TMZ https://www.change.org/p/it-s-time-for-fox-to-cancel-tmz-after-the-kobe-bryant-incident
Imagine being in that situation where your daughter is afraid and only you can do is to hug her tight, Trust me Kobe died twice that day 😔
he was a legend I cried
Luke Cook for sure
May have never saw it. Hit very hard.
Kobe never knew what happened.
I honestly think it happened so fast they never knew what hit them. By the time they knew something was wrong. It was over
I don’t cry when celebs die but when Kobe died it hit differently…
No damm parashoots? 🚁⛱🎈🏮
2000 ft per minute descent…There was no chance for the pilot to recover that Chopper…They were DOOMED!!!
Kobe Bryant like everything
Energy is neither lost or destroyed.
at least they were able to escape this world and head somewhere safe. may the rest in peace.
I want to say this , it’s so sad to me about Kobe , Lord Jesus . His death takes me back , my son Jeremiah Wright played ball in high school , He had a style like Micheal Jordan. He could put his hand all the way around the ball , he dominated other teams with his style .had scholships to Kentucky, south Carolina, Florida State Universities. And was gunned down .But that was his life . Now I want to say Basketball was something my soon loved. I know Kobe went to Heaven . Maybe my son, Travon Martin will see him and Kobe will start a Heavenly team, And Kobe will be the coach for that team. You know God has a place for the good ones , I’m in tears
Sorry my sister God will b yr guide and provider
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Kobe Bryant was so innocent he didn’t have nothing to do with this or his daughter
Can you even fly by instruments over that kind of terrain when flying low?
Not in a helicopter. IFR is only good above a certain speed and in general for airplanes, not helicopters when they are flying low and slow.
Legends 💜💛💜💛
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Rest In Peace ✌️
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I wish he had been there for the last time of this week
I wish he disinterested have to go😥
I wish he didn’t have to go😭😢🤛🏻🤛🏻
Rest in peace 😞😞😢 hard to believe it is real
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this could have been prevented https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7I5-wjFaQ54
I just can’t imagine the last word they said in that helicopter
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It doesn’t matter if he is died because alot of people died in Syria and Palestine no one get sad
They should look at video surveillance cameras of who was preparing the helicopter the night before i smell foul play. This has the taste of a setup remotely controlled to take a dive murdered using the fog as an excuse illuminati style its not the first time i seen it happen to a celebrity.
Could be…it’s one theory. The technology exists to take down ANY vehicle (plane, train, helicopter, auto, etc)…REMOTELY…via hacking into the electronics.(kind of like with those 2 737 MAX crashes). Just saying…
I still can’t believe that Kobe Bryant is dead 😭😔💔😭😭😭😭 😔
I blame the pilot lmfao
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What he had left to achieve!! What him and Gigi would have done for Women, women’s sports, and as a role model for Men/Fathers/Husbands and so on. The world was a better place with Kobe in it 🙁
Kobes heli is a black one. Not a blue one. Something is fishy in this case
He did not own any helicopter at the time of his death. The black and blue and white one are the same helicopter.
Why noo kobe no dont
We now know that the bodies were burnt and now we know about the flight pattern.
Is wut my birthday on the 23 January
3 bays later he’s bie
They killed him this baphomet hollywood circus its no joke. They iniate themselves for fame and money. Same with nipsey, George michael, whitney ect always around the awards. Blood sacrafice like left eye lopez.
Stress reliever thank me later 😊 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZPc6dQf5Z4
That is so sad
Where is the airport security footage of who was around the chopper prior to take off?
The story does NOT make sense!!
1. The crash spot was on a very minimal sloped hillside
..not mountain!
You could not have flown INTO IT …
2. The fog didn’t cause the crash as they were dropping 2000 feet per minute.
– Not moving forward or banking side to side and hit … They were DROPPING STRAIGHT DOWN!
3. IF YOUR HOVERING AND CANT SEE…. you don’t go right or left
… YOU GO STRAIGHT UP!!
NOT DECEND AT 2000 FEET PER SECOND!
Sorry.
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RIP kobe and his 13 year old
So was this TAWS system installed in Kobe’s black chopper??? 🤔
They are the same helicopter and he did not own any helicopter at the time of his death.
a week later and it still feels weird. 🥺
Know what.. to f@@king late now.. wtf
I feel so sorry for Kobe Bryant he played basketball games so sad
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They make parachutes for helicopters. Use them. 🙄
I love you love kobe and gg😭❤️❤️
Rip rest in peace 🙏😢
All respect
It is so sad that they were looking at themselves and just knowing u finna die. 🙄😖😭
I feel sad 😭😭😭😭
The pilot has one job…😞
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It even hurts a lot more when his daughter was in there she was to young to die so soon
GIgi would of went crazy with out Kobe