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Kobe Bryant's helicopter was MISSING key warning system that might have alerted pilot he was on the brink of the hillside and should have avoided crashing if they'd been 30ft higher

A National Transportation Safety Board official said the aircraft wasn't equipped with the security feature

Jennifer Homendy said the NTSB had recommended that each one choppers carrying six or more people have it

But the FAA 'failed to act' and therefore the device was therefore not a legal requirement, Homendy said Tuesday

The Sikorsky S-76 was just 30 feet below the highest of the hillside when it crashed 'with higher hills surrounding'

Ara Zobayan, 50, who has quite 10 years of experience, may became disoriented while flying in fog

Helicopter flight instructor, Randy Waldman, said he believes pilot got confused in fog and went into fatal dive

The high speed of the aircraft 'means he was completely out of control and during a dive,' Waldman added

NBA legend Kobe Bryant, 41, was killed in crash alongside his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, Sunday morning

John Altobelli, 56, his wife Keri, and their daughter, Alyssa, died within the horrific crash in Calabasas, California

Christina Mauser, a girls' coach , another player, Payton Chester, and her mother Sarah also died

Kobe Bryant's helicopter didn't have a terrain warning system that would have told pilot he was plummeting towards the hillside, a National Transportation Safety Board official said Tuesday.

Jennifer Homendy confirmed the aircraft wasn't equipped with the security feature. She said the NTSB had recommended that each one choppers carrying six or more passengers have the system.

But the Federal Aviation Administration 'failed to act' she said and therefore the device was therefore not a legal requirement. The FAA noted the terrain alarm is compulsory on helicopter air ambulance operations, The LA Times reports.

The Sikorsky S-76 was just 20 to 30 feet below the highest of the hillside when it crashed with 'higher hills surrounding it'. it had been also not equipped with a flight data recorder or a cockpit voice recorder.

NTSB investigator Bill English said: 'The main impact was about 20 to 30 feet from that tiny hill, but there have been other higher hills surrounding it…it’s during a canyon with small hills within it.'

Homendy said Tuesday: 'So we all know that this was a high energy impact crash, and therefore the helicopter was during a descending Left Bank .'

The doomed flight's final moments show veteran airman Ara Zobayan likely became disoriented while trying to avoid California's heavy fog before going into a fatal dive, experts believe.

Security footage taken at nearby homes captured the sound of the low flying helicopter before a loud crash then silence. One homeowner, Ronna Leavitt, told ABC7 the craft made a U-turn before the impact and her video clip shows a timestamp of 9.45am, because the crash happened.

The explanation for the crash could take up to 18 months to work out as wreckage is lifted from Calabasas hillside and evidence is removed but the primary crash report is predicted in 10 days.

Drone footage released by investigators yesterday shows the extent of the wreckage at the crash site, with debris strewn across the hillside.

Zobayan, 50, was a chief pilot for the aircraft's owner, Island Express Helicopters. the corporate said the pilot had quite 10 years of experience.

He also was a flight instructor who had quite 8,000 hours of flight time and had flown Bryant and other celebrities several times before. Zobayan was instrument-rated, which suggests he was qualified to fly in fog.

But even experienced pilots may have only seconds to act once they are blinded by weather, an expert said as investigators began scouring the wreckage for clues to Sunday morning's crash.

Randy Waldman, a helicopter flight instructor who lives in l. a. , said the radar tracking data he's seen leads him to believe the pilot got confused within the fog and went into a fatal dive.

The aircraft's speed 'means he was completely out of control and during a dive,' Waldman said.

'Once you get disoriented your body senses completely tell you the incorrect thing. you've got no idea which way is up or down,' he said.

'If you're flying visually, if you get caught during a situation where you cannot see out the windshield, the anticipation of the pilot and therefore the aircraft is probably 10, 15 seconds,' Waldman said.

Some experts raised questions of whether the helicopter should have even been flying.

Bryant's helicopter left Santa Ana in Orange County, south of l. a. , shortly after 9am on Sunday, a time when conditions weren't suitable for flying, consistent with the l. a. local department .


Source : https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7940969/Kobe-Bryants-helicopter-did-not-warned-pilot-hillside.html