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Sh*t cray I just assumed all helicopters had some sort of topographic radar system. I understand not having one to get from Santa Ana to Downtown LA - that’s completely flat. But how do you not have one of these if the only way to get to your basketball academy is through a set of hills and a...

Helicopter carry Kobe not equipped with terrain warning alarm system. “She said that her agency had recommended that the Federal Aviation Administration 16 years ago require that all choppers carrying six or more passengers be equipped with a terrain awareness and warning system, adding that...

Not sure about the pilot being notified. LAPD was grounded. That has been repeated in multiple stories. They are stationed in Downtown LA. I know that for a fact. Kobe's flight went just northeast of Downtown The News copters were also grounded. I believe they fly out of Burbank...

What also doesn't make sense: - Why not land at Burbank Airport, especially when you spent 15 minutes circling above Glendale, and take a car. It's a 45 minute drive. - I've hiked that area over a hundred times stoned, drunk, or shroomed out of my mind and easily know that the elevations of...

Cmon, TMZ. The zoo is nowhere close to Downtown LA. He was circling above Glendale, not Downtown LA. And you call yourself the "Thirty Mile Zone"?

Oh, my bad then. I guess I have no idea. I am just stating what was reported... by people who most likely have no idea lol

FYI the plane was owned by Island Express Holding Corp, which is 100% owned by a guy named Phillip DiFiore

Seems crazy to Kobe's Laker-days pilot as well. He said "it just doesn't happen"

Nice avatar btw

Yeah, obviously. I was just providing direct quotes from report(s) that back up your explanation and speculation :)

“The pilot then requested a turn to the southwest (to intercept the 101) and Van Nuys approved. At 9:39 a.m. the pilot reported VFR and 1,500 feet. At 9:42 a.m., the pilot squawked ident with Socal Approach. At 9:43:58, Socal Approach informed the pilot that he was too low for flight following...

“The likelihood of a catastrophic twin engine failure on that aircraft — it just doesn’t happen,” he (Deetz, Kobe”s pilot when he was with the Lakers) told the Los Angeles Times.

Ridiculous. They were less than a minute away from an airport where they would have had a major highway that would have given them a straight shot to their destination. Instead the pilot just circles in the air for fifteen minutes and then flies out of his way to Porter Ranch IN A DEATH BOX...

Really wish I had not read that. WTF. Why not just land at Burbank and take a SUV to Thousand Oaks? It’s 10am on a Sunday. Traffic isn’t bad. Instead you’re going to let a hungover boomer pilot attempt to traverse the Santa Monica Mountains in a 30-year old tin box attached to a ceiling...

Anyone know where to find Kobe Doing Work? Couldn’t find it on Amazon or Netflix or Apple TV

Anyone else watching press conference? Did sheriff just confirm NINE fatalities???

COT **** @ that Doc Rivers interview just now. Staples Center on Tuesday is going to be unreal