Kobe Bryant killed in helicopter crash

[deuce]

this was pretty good.....sad

17 and making a beer run, what is the legal drinking age in Ca. ?

 

[g8tr72]

 

[g8tr72]

 

[Captain Sasquatch]

this was pretty good.....sad

Sh*t man you gotta warn us when onions start getting chopped.

 

[EyeDocGator]

 

[Swamp Donkey]

A thousand times this.

 

[fischerwood]

Pilot error...unfortunately

 

[Captain Sasquatch]

Why does this always come down to BUT THE TROOPS??????

 

[deuce]

Fog is a killer......

The pilot was Instrument Rated....... This shouldn't have happened... Not having a ground detection system on a multimillion aircraft is a unforgiving mistake.

 

[deuce]

Why does this always come down to BUT THE TROOPS??????

I think it has something to do with Thinking rather than Feeling.

IMHO

 

[Buckman2000]

I feel terrible for the children that died. The adults have lived their lives and actually got to accomplish things as adults. The children had no choice but to trust the adults in the chopper that all was good even though the visibility was bad. If it were me and my family in there I would’ve called an Uber and been late.

 

[Bushmaster]

I agree with the sentiment here, but it isn't Kobe's fault.

 

[Marine1]

I agree with the sentiment here, but it isn't Kobe's fault.

It’s come a long way. The public has become far more grateful to military folks than ever before. It’s well deserved and much appreciated.

But the public hasn’t grown up knowing and following them like they do athletes so I get it. But be on a flight where they unload a casket and you will see many in tears before they deplane. They are visibly moved.

 

[Musclepug]

 

[T REX]

Kawhi uncertain on future helicopter commutes


Sobering article. Did anyone drop the crash stats of helicopters(private or commercial not military). I feel the military would be way safer but someone correct me if I am wrong.

 

[NVGator]

Just checked in here to see people's reactions to that harrowing "thump" sound, but nobody even posted it??

I saw it on the Fox News app this morning. They got it from ABC. Somebody's doorbell camera at a nearby house caught audio of the crash. You hear the distinctive sound of a helicopter flying low, and then...."whump." There's no big boom or explosion, just a muffled, barely-audible thud as the copter goes right into the hillside under power.

To me it was a surprisingly unsettling recording. You're hearing the sound of Kobe Bryant and eight other people alive one second, and then an instant later, all dead.

I guess the ABC affiliate that released the video got complaints about how disturbing it was, because I just tried to re-post it here but evidently it's been taken down.

Listened to this this morning. It's a little unsettling but nothing over the top.

Final seconds of Kobe Bryant helicopter ride are captured on Nest home security system | Daily Mail Online

 

[NVGator]

Final seconds of Kobe Bryant helicopter ride are captured on Nest home security system | Daily Mail Online

 

[Captain Sasquatch]

So it’s looking like the pilot just got spatially disoriented and drove the chopper straight into the ground? I guess that would explain the extreme climb followed by the extreme dive.

 

[Swamp Donkey]

So it’s looking like the pilot just got spatially disoriented and drove the chopper straight into the ground? I guess that would explain the extreme climb followed by the extreme dive.

I am no pilot, but I have certainly been disoriented before diving in blackwater (ponds/rivers at night). sometimes your brain can overpower the instruments and it takes you a second to accept the correct heading and depth. we had nothing but bubbles for orientation and of course currents can affect that.

I can see how easy it would be to get disoriented in the fog soup.

 

[MJMGator]

I am no pilot, but I have certainly been disoriented before diving in blackwater (ponds/rivers at night). sometimes your brain can overpower the instruments and it takes you a second to accept the correct heading and depth. we had nothing but bubbles for orientation and of course currents can affect that.

I can see how easy it would be to get disoriented in the soup.

Diving off the flybridge as teen way offshore I went in straight down like a bullet. Panicked for a second because with the beams of light I couldn’t tell which way to the surface. Bubbles finally showed me the way.