The pilot of the helicopter that crashed last year in South California, killing Kobe Bryant and seven other passengers, made a key error by flying through thick clouds that ended up disorienting him, U.S.
safety officials said Tuesday during a hearing aimed at pinpointing probable causes of the crash. Pilot Ara Zobayan violated federal standards that required him to be able to see where he was going before the helicopter crashed during a roughly 40-minute flight, said members of the National Transportation Safety Board.
Zobayan was among the nine people killed, including Bryant’s 13-year-old daughter, Gianna. The pilot went against his training by becoming spatially disoriented in thick clouds, a condition that can happen to pilots in low
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