Stunning footage released by the NTSB shows a swath of catastrophic devastation from the helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant and eight other people.
, 50, lifted off from John Wayne International Airport in Orange County bound for Ventura County above Los Angeles.
Zobyan requested flight following – surveillance information assistance from air traffic control – but was informed the helicopter was flying too low. A few minutes later, Zobayan notified air traffic control that he was climbing to avoid a layer of clouds. Radar data shows the helicopter rose to 2,300 feet.
"The descent rate for the helicopter was over 2,000 feet a minute, so we know that this was a high-energy impact crash," she said.
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