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THREAD: Today, as Los Angeles honors the life of #KobeByrant — I'm thinking about what this loss has meant to my community. Here's how Orange County has grieved, supported each other, and celebrated the lives of neighbors, friends, and heroes. (1/x)
Thousands gathered at @Angels stadium to honor the Altobelli family, whose love of the game (baseball & basketball) was unmatched.

Coach John Altobelli was honored by the young men he coached, umpires he "tormented," and his OCC family. (2/x) ocregister.com/2020/02/10/alt…
Alyssa Altobelli's eight-grade friends organized a candle-light vigil to celebrate her life and say goodbye. They wore yellow and green; Alyssa's dream was to play basketball at @uoregon. (3/x)
ocregister.com/2020/01/30/fri…
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Thread 29 Jan 2002|

1. Today I’m switching from my E-11A investigation to update you on the latest findings from the @NTSB concerning the S-76B crash that killed #KobeBryant, his daughter Gianna & 7 others. Below is the latest media briefing from the investigation team.
1b. HEADLINES:

•- No Flight Data Recorder (FDR) or Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) on the S-76B that crashed.
•- no Terrain Awareness Warning System (TAWS).
•- impact point was 1085ft Above Mean Sea Level (AMSL).
•- pilot lost comms w/ ATC at 2300ft AMSL (AMSL not specified).
2. NTSB BRIEF:

Key info from brief. I’ll also provide questions/analysis in response.

PILOT

as of July 2019, the pilot had:

•- 8200hrs total (so more hours at time/date of crash)
•- 1250hrs on type (S-76).

A very experienced pilot. I flew 2500hrs over a 20yr career.
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1. Track of #KobeBryant’s S-76B as it heads North West. Altitude slowly climbs to above 1000ft. Speed reduces to ~45kts as S-76 slows down and orbits (this is a standard manoeuvre if you’re approaching bad weather). Orbit looks in vicinity of Burbank.
2. Options on bad weather — slow down, go down, and, if needed land on. Or IMC abort. Transfer to instruments, full power, climb to altitude (above Safety Altitude - highest point of high ground in the area), talk to ATC and look for a cloud break.
3. A few points on weather minima for Visual Flight Rules (VFR).

VFR — 3 miles visibility, 500ft vertically clear of cloud and 1 mile horizontally.

SVFR — Under Special VFR, 1 mile visibility, and clear of cloud in sight of surface.
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@NBA N72EX first flew in 1978 and entered service in 1979.
@AviationSafety has 43 fatal accidents on file.

#KobeBryant
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@NBA @AviationSafety This is the 3D flight path #N72EX

#KobeBryant
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@NBA @AviationSafety Photos of the crash site

#kobe_bryant #KobeBryant
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