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10th February 2021
10:52am GMT

A recent hearing found that Zobayan ignored his training and entered into a spot of fog, a situation where “a certain percentage aren’t going to come out alive."
Before the crash, the pilot told flight controllers on the ground that he had almost broken through the clouds when the helicopter had, in fact, already started to descend.
The crash occurred in the Calabasas hills, instantly killing all nine passenger on board. This included Bryant, 13 year old Gianna, pilot Zobayan, and six other passengers.
Investigators said the "phenomenon of spatial disorientation, which is the powerful sensation that confuses pilots who lose visual reference and what types of training can be effective in countering this effect," will be further considered.
According to the board, there were 184 crashes between 2010 and 2019 involving spatial disorientation. 20 of these included fatalities.Explore more on these topics: