TO STUDY THE WHOLE WRECK AREA, ABOUT 200 FEET ACROSS. AREA, ABOUT 200 FEET ACROSS. DID FOG MAKE IT SLAM INTO A HILL DID FOG MAKE IT BANG INTO A HILL OR THERE WAS A MECHANICAL CONCERN? OR THERE WAS A MECHANICAL PROBLEM? HOW AND WHY DID THIS HELICOPTER HOW AND ALSO WHY DID THIS HELICOPTER DROP, MURDER EVERY PERSON ON GO DOWN, MURDER EVERYBODY ABOARD? BOARD? THIS EARLY MORNING, NEW VIDEO OF WHAT TODAY, NEW VIDEO OF WHAT SEEMS KOBE BRYANT’S SEEMS KOBE BRYANT’S HELICOPTER TAKEN JUST HALF AN HOUR HELICOPTER TAKEN JUST 30 MINUTES BEFORE IT COLLAPSED BY A HOME OWNER BEFORE IT COLLAPSED BY A HOME OWNER LIVING UNDER ITS VERIFIED TRIP LIVING UNDER ITS VERIFIED FLIGHT PATH. PATH. CURRENTLY AS INVESTIGATORS SEARCH FOR NOW AS INVESTIGATORS LOOK FOR CLUES IN THE WRECKAGE OFF THE CLUES IN THE WRECK OFF THE STEEP HILL, THEY’RE ALSO STEEP HILL, THEY’RE ALSO LOOKING AT THE WEATHER CONDITION AS A LOOKING AT THE WEATHER AS A VARIABLE, THE NTSB APPEALING TO VARIABLE, THE NTSB APPEALING TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC FOR AID. THE GENERAL PUBLIC FOR ASSISTANCE. >> > > WE’RE SEEKING PHOTOS OF >> > > WE’RE SEEKING PHOTOS OF THE WEATHER CONDITION IN THE LOCATION OF THE THE CLIMATE IN THE AREA OF THE CRASH.CRASH.
> > Press reporter: THE PILOT >> > > Press reporter: THE PILOT RECOGNIZED AZHAR AS ARO ZAZOBAYA IDENTIFIED AZHAR AS ARO ZAZOBAYA THOUGHT ABOUT AN EXPERIENCED PILOT. TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION AN EXPERIENCED PILOT. SIMPLY MOMENTS PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT, JUST MINUTES BEFORE THE ACCIDENT, HE LISTENED TO THE CHOPPER HOVERING UP HE HEARD THE CHOPPER FLOATING UP ABOVE. ABOVE. >> > > REGARDING 20 SECONDS LATER ON, I >> > > REGARDING 20 SECONDS LATER ON, I LISTENED TO A SMACK. HEARD A THUMP. I HEARD PLEXIGLASS SPLITTING. I HEARD PLEXIGLASS SPLITTING. >> > > Press reporter: TO HAVE THIS OCCUR >> > > Reporter: TO HAVE THIS HAPPEN RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU, WHAT WAS RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU, WHAT WAS THAT LIKE? THAT LIKE? >> > > I JUST WANTED IT DIDN’T HAVE >> TO > > I JUST WISH IT DIDN’T HAVE TO HAPPEN. HAPPEN. >> > > Press Reporter: KOBE BRYANT >> > > Press Reporter: KOBE BRYANT REGULARLY LEASED THE LUXURY CONSISTENTLY RENTED THE HIGH-END CHOPPER, A SIKORSKY. CHOPPER, A SIKORSKY. IT REMOVED FROM ORANGE REGION IT REMOVED FROM ORANGE REGION AIRPORT AT 9:08 A.M.HEADED TO AIRPORT AT 9:08 A.M. HEADED TO THE ACADEMY IN THOUSAND OAKS. THE ACADEMY IN THOUSAND OAKS. HE TOLD THE PILOT TO HEAD NORTH HE TOLD THE PILOT TO HEAD NORTH WITH REGULAR PROCEDURE. WITH TYPICAL PROCEDURE. BUT WITH THE FOG, ZOBAYAN BUT WITH THE HAZE, ZOBAYAN REPORTED LOW CEILINGS. REPORTED LOW CEILINGS. MINS LATER, OVER CALABASAS, MINUTES LATER, OVER CALABASAS, THE CHOPPER CLIMBED, AFTER THAT THE CHOPPER CLIMBED, THEN DESCENDED SWIFTLY PRIOR TO COME DOWN RAPIDLY BEFORE DROPPING OFF RADAR WITH NO DROPPING OFF RADAR WITHOUT MAYDAY. MAYDAY. >> > > TO MIRROR X-RAY, YOU’RE STILL >> > > TO MIRROR X-RAY, YOU’RE STILL ALSO LOW LEVEL FOR FLIGHT AT THIS TOO LOW LEVEL FOR FLIGHT RIGHT NOW. TIME. >> > > Reporter: THE SIKORSKY HAS >> > > Reporter: THE SIKORSKY HAS AMONG THE VERY BEST SAFETY DOCUMENTS AMONG THE MOST EFFECTIVE SECURITY DOCUMENTS OF ANY HELICOPTER. OF ANY HELICOPTER. CHOPPER PILOT KURT DIETZ, WHO CHOPPER PILOT KURT DIETZ, WHO HAD ALSO FLOWN FOR KOBE BRYANT, HAD ALSO FLOWN FOR KOBE BRYANT, SAID HE NEVER FELT PRESSED BY CLAIMED HE NEVER EVER FELT PRESSURED BY THE BASKETBALL STAR TO FLY IN THE BASKETBALL STAR TO FLY IN ANY UNSAFE CONDITIONS.ANY UNSAFE CONDITIONS. > > DID HE EVER BEFORE DEMAND TRYING >> > DID HE EVER BEFORE FIRMLY INSIST ON TRYING >> TO MAKE IT THROUGH WEATHER CONDITION? TO MAKE IT THROUGH CLIMATE? > > NO, NO, NO. > > NO, NO, NO. >> > > ABSOLUTELY NOTHING LIKE THAT. > > NOTHING LIKE THAT. >> > > THE PILOT FLYING IS >> THE LAST > > THE PILOT >> FLYING IS THE LAST AUTHORITY. AUTHORITY. >> > > Press reporter: SO IT’S APPROXIMATELY HIM? >> > > Press reporter: SO IT’S APPROXIMATELY HIM? >> > > YEAH. >> > > YEAH. > > TOM, THERE ARE SO LOTS OF > >> TOM, THERE ARE A LOT OF QUESTIONS HERE, BUT IT WAS SO QUESTIONS HERE, BUT IT WAS SO EYE-CATCHING THAT THE NTSB STRIKING THAT THE NTSB PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR STATED THEY DESIRED DETECTIVE STATED THEY WANTED THE PUBLIC’S ASSISTANCE, THEY NEED THE GENERAL PUBLIC’S AID, THEY WANT PICTURES OF THE WEATHER CONDITION AWARE OF THE WEATHER IN THE AREA. LOCATION. IS THAT UNUSUAL? IS THAT UNUSUAL? >> > > Press reporter: THE NTSB, REALLY IN >> > > Reporter: THE NTSB, REALLY OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, HAS BEEN UPCOMING RECENT YEARS, HAS BEEN UPCOMING OUT AND ASKING FOR THE PUBLIC’S OUT AND ALSO ASKING FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC’S HELP SINCE EVERYBODY HAS An ASSISTANCE SINCE EVERYONE HAS A MOBILE PHONE THESE DAYS.CELL PHONE
THESE DAYS. INDIVIDUALS HAVE PHOTOGRAPHS, THEY INDIVIDUALS HAVE PHOTOGRAPHS, THEY HAVE VIDEO, LIKE YOU SAW OF THE HAVE VIDEO, LIKE YOU SAW OF THE ITEM OF THE CHOPPER A FEW PIECE OF THE CHOPPER A FEW MINUTES EARLIER. MINS EARLIER. THEY NEED TO COLLECT EVERY ONE OF THAT THEY WISH TO ACCUMULATE ALL OF THAT DATA OF THE CHOPPER FLYING BUT INFORMATION OF THE CHOPPER FLYING BUT ALSO OF THE WEATHER CONDITION. ALSO OF THE CLIMATE. INCIDENTALLY, THE CONSTABLE’S INCIDENTALLY, THE CONSTABLE’S DEPARTMENT HAS HAD A TROUBLE OF DEPARTMENT HAS HAD A PROBLEM OF JUST CURIOUS OBSERVERS TRYING TO JUST CURIOUS SIGHTSEERS ATTEMPTING TO CLIMB THAT HILLSIDE TO REACH THE CLIMB THAT HILLSIDE TO OBTAIN TO THE WRECKAGE SCENE.WRECKAGE SCENE.
SO THE SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT HAS SO THE CONSTABLE’S DEPARTMENT HAS ACTUALLY EMPLOYED OFFICERS ON HORSEBACK EMPLOYED ADMINISTRATION ON HORSEBACK AND ATVs. AND ATVs. THEY HAVE A BORDER ON THIS THEY HAVE A PERIMETER ON THIS FULL HILL, MOUNTAIN, HOWEVER YOU FULL HILLSIDE, HILL, HOWEVER YOU WISHED TO DESCRIBE IT, TO KEEP WANT TO DESCRIBE IT, TO KEEP INDIVIDUALS AWAY. PEOPLE AWAY. >> > > SO, TOM, >> AS I UNDERSTAND IT, > > SO, TOM, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, NO BLACK BOX, NO CHOPPER NO BLACK BOX, NO CHOPPER RECORDER, BESIDES THESE RECORDER, ASIDE FROM THESE PICTURES THEY’RE LOOKING AT FROM PICTURES THEY’RE LOOKING AT FROM FOLKS THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN IN FOLKS THAT MAY HAVE BEEN IN THE AREA. THE LOCATION. JUST HOW MUCH GOOD LUCK ARE THEY HAVING HOW MUCH LUCK ARE THEY HAVING GETTING DATA FROM THE TRIP? GETTING DATA FROM THE TRIP? >> > > Press reporter: THE OTHER DAY THEY STATED >> > > Reporter: YESTERDAY THEY SAID THERE WAS NO CABIN RECORDER.THERE WAS NO COCKPIT RECORDER. WE’VE BEEN LED TO BELIEVE THERE WE’VE BEEN CONVERTED THERE PROBABLY WAS. PROBABLY WAS. SO THEY WILL OBTAIN AS MUCH INFORMATION AS SO THEY WILL CERTAINLY OBTAIN AS MUCH INFORMATION AS THEY CANISTER WITH AVIONICS FROM THE THEY CANISTER WITH AVIONICS FROM THE HELICOPTER. HELICOPTER. THERE MUST BE GOOD INFORMATION OFF OF THERE SHOULD BE GOOD DATA OFF OF THAT, BUT THE iPAD THE PILOT WAS THAT, BUT THE iPAD THE PILOT WAS UTILIZING TO PLAN HIS TRIP STRATEGY, UTILIZING TO PLAN HIS FLIGHT PLAN, THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO GLEAN THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO GLEAN SOME INFORMATION. SOME INFORMATION. THE RADAR TAPES, EVERY ONE OF THAT THE RADAR TAPES, EVERY ONE OF THAT NEEDS TO REMAIN IN THIS INVESTIGATION.SHOULD BE IN THIS INVESTIGATION. > > TOM, YOU PICTURE THIS
> > TOM, YOU IMAGINE THIS HIGH-SPEED COLLISION >> INTO THE SIDE HIGH-SPEED COLLISION INTO THE SIDE OF THE HILL. OF THE MOUNTAIN. DO THEY THINK THEY’LL BE ABLE TO DO THEY THINK THEY’LL BE ABLE TO FETCH THAT DATA? GET THAT INFORMATION? WILL IT REMAIN IN THE KINDS OF.
