![]() ![]() My girls and I want to thank the millions of people who’ve shown support and love during this horrific time. Vanessa Bryant speaks out on the loss of her husband and daughterīryant’s widow, Vanessa Bryant, made her first public statement on the loss of her husband and daughter, Gianna, on her Instagram Wednesday. She said a final report will be out in about 12 to 18 months. But it’s going to provide some factual information - more than we have now.” “It’s not going to contain any safety recommendations or probable cause. “It’s not going to contain our findings, our analysis,” she said. Homendy said the NTSB will release its preliminary report on the crash in about 10 days - but it won’t answer everyone’s questions. #KOBE BRYANT AUTOPSY REPORT FILE REGISTRATION#Investigators have recovered an iPad, a cell phone and documents such as the helicopter’s maintenance records, registration and airworthiness certificate from a debris field that stretched 500 to 600 feet. The aircraft also lacked a cockpit voice recorder and a flight data recorder, Homendy said. Investigators are also looking into whether a safety system - recommended by federal authorities years ago - could have prevented the tragedy. Visual flight rules require pilots to stay clear of clouds and in good visibility while using both visual and instrument navigation. Investigators are trying to determine what caused the crash and whether the pilot should have been granted special permission to fly in the foggy conditions Sunday morning.įAA records reviewed by CNN reveal Island Express Holding Corp., the company operating the helicopter, was certified only for visual flight rules flights. “This is a pretty steep descent at high speed.” ![]() “The descent rate for the helicopter was over 2,000 feet a minute,” Homendy said. Preliminary information suggests the helicopter descended rapidly before it crashed, NTSB member Jennifer Homendy said. The helicopter missed the top of the hill by 20 to 30 feet, the National Transportation Safety Board said. ![]() Aircraft descended at 2,000 feet per minute The girls were traveling along with their parents. The teenagers were teammates on a basketball team coached by Bryant and Mauser. The group had been on the way to a basketball game Sunday morning when the helicopter carrying them crashed into a hillside in Calabasas, California. The cause of death for all nine victims was certified as blunt trauma, and the manner of death was certified as accident, the coroner said. The coroner had previously confirmed the identities of Bryant, 41 John Altobelli, 56 Sarah Chester, 45 and pilot, 50-year-old Ara Zobayan, through their fingerprints. The Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner announced Wednesday that it has confirmed, following “round-the-clock testing and analysis of DNA,” that Gianna Bryant, 13 Payton Chester, 13 Alyssa Altobelli, 14 Keri Altobelli, 46 and Christina Mauser, 38, were killed in the crash. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.ĬALABASAS, California (CNN) - The bodies of all nine victims of the helicopter crash that killed NBA legend Kobe Bryant have now been positively identified. This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. ![]()
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