Island Express Helicopters owned the aircraft Kobe Bryant and eight others were on when it crashed in Calabasas, California on Sunday
at the time. “We are working closely with the National Transportation Safety Board to investigate the cause of the accident and we are grateful to the first responders and local authorities for their response to this unimaginable accident.”
During a press conference on Tuesday, the National Transportation Safety Board said the helicopter could have potentially avoided the hillHowever, NTSB investigator Bill English also noted that there were still surrounding hills that would have required an even higher altitude for clearance. “It’s important to realize that there’s not one hill,” English said. “It’s a ravine with undulating terrain, so the small outcropping that had the main impact in it, the main impact was about 20 to 30 feet from the top of that small hill. But there are actually other higher hills surrounding it.
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