Fly-In Poor Visibility Took Away Kobe Bryant

It was clearly illegal to fly in poor visibility. The pilot of the helicopter in that extremely unpleasant weather was certified to fly under instrument conditions. But the company that pilot worked for was not. The pilot who was struggling to avoid the clouds while carrying the basketball legend Kobe Bryant did not have the legal authority to navigate with his instruments. Since the owner of the helicopter did not have the necessary federal certification. This fly has crashed into a fogbound mountainside that killed all nine people on board, with Bryant and his daughter.

Island Express Helicopters that owned the Sikorsky S-76B. It had a Federal Aviation Administration operating certification, which is limited to its pilots to flying under visual flight rules, or V.F.R. It is with at least three miles of visibility and a cloud ceiling no lower than 1,000 feet above the ground. This company does not have certification for its pilots to fly with instruments.

The helicopter was carrying sophisticated instruments onboard that the F.A.A. had approved for instrument flight, and the pilot who flew the helicopter carrying Kobe Bryant, Ara Zobayan, was certified to fly. But there were some limitations to operate when carrying passengers for hire, it was required to fly only in conditions of designated visibility to navigate visually.

The limitations on the company were not unusual. Whereas, most of the operators at Van Nuys Airport, said that none of the charter operators have gone through to the trouble and expense of winning certification for instrument flight. Because it is normally so easy to navigate at low altitude in Southern California, which has its easy-to-follow freeways and sunny weather.

This unclear weather conditions gave Namibia and the whole world a shock with the sad news that the National Basketball Association icon Kobe Bryant (41) and his daughter Gianna Bryant (13) along with seven other people, had died. They met their tragic fate on Sunday, January 26, in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California.