TO SURVEY THE ENTIRE WRECK AREA, ABOUT 200 FEET ACROSS. AREA, CONCERNING 200 FEET THROUGHOUT. DID HAZE MAKE IT SLAM INTO A HILL DID FOG MAKE IT SLAM INTO A HILL OR THERE WAS A MECHANICAL ISSUE? OR THERE WAS A MECHANICAL PROBLEM? HOW AND WHY DID THIS HELICOPTER HOW AS WELL AS WHY DID THIS HELICOPTER GO DOWN, KILLING EVERYBODY ON GO DOWN, MURDER EVERYONE ABOARD? BOARD? THIS MORNING, NEW VIDEO CLIP OF WHAT THIS MORNING, NEW VIDEO OF WHAT SEEMS KOBE BRYANT’S SEEMS KOBE BRYANT’S HELICOPTER TAKEN JUST HALF AN HOUR HELICOPTER TAKEN SIMPLY 30 MINS PRIOR TO IT COLLAPSED BY A HOUSE OWNER BEFORE IT COLLAPSED BY A HOUSE OWNER LIVING UNDER ITS VERIFIED FLIGHT LIVING UNDER ITS VERIFIED TRIP PATH.PATH.
NOW AS INVESTIGATORS LOOK FOR NOW AS INVESTIGATORS LOOK FOR CLUES IN THE WRECK OFF THE CLUES IN THE WRECK OFF THE STEEP HILL, THEY’RE ALSO STEEP HILLSIDE, THEY’RE ALSO LOOKING AT THE CLIMATE AS A LOOKING AT THE WEATHER CONDITION AS An ELEMENT, THE NTSB APPEALING TO VARIABLE, THE NTSB APPEALING TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC FOR HELP. THE PUBLIC FOR ASSISTANCE. >> > > WE’RE LOOKING FOR PHOTOS OF >> > > WE’RE SEARCHING FOR PHOTOS OF THE WEATHER CONDITION IN THE AREA OF THE THE WEATHER CONDITION IN THE AREA OF THE COLLISION. ACCIDENT. >> > > Reporter: THE PILOT >> > > Press reporter: THE PILOT DETERMINED AZHAR AS ARO ZAZOBAYA IDENTIFIED AZHAR AS ARO ZAZOBAYA CONSIDERED AN EXPERIENCED PILOT. THOUGHT ABOUT AN EXPERIENCED PILOT. SIMPLY MINUTES PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT, SIMPLY MOMENTS BEFORE THE CRASH, HE LISTENED TO THE CHOPPER HOVERING UP HE LISTENED TO THE CHOPPER FLOATING UP ABOVE. ABOVE. >> > > CONCERNING 20 SECS LATER ON, I >> > > REGARDING 20 SECONDS LATER ON, I LISTENED TO A THUMP. HEARD A THUMP. I HEARD PLEXIGLASS SPLITTING. I HEARD PLEXIGLASS SPLITTING UP.
>> > > Press reporter: TO HAVE THIS OCCUR >> > > Press reporter: TO HAVE THIS HAPPEN RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU, WHAT WAS RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU, WHAT WAS THAT LIKE? THAT LIKE? >> > > I SIMPLY WANTED IT DIDN’T HAVE >> TO > > I JUST DESIRED IT DIDN’T NEED TO HAPPEN. OCCUR. >> > > Press Reporter: KOBE BRYANT >> > > Press Reporter: KOBE BRYANT ROUTINELY LEASED THE HIGH-END ON A REGULAR BASIS RENTED THE HIGH-END CHOPPER, A SIKORSKY. CHOPPER, A SIKORSKY. IT TOOK OFF FROM ORANGE REGION IT REMOVED FROM ORANGE REGION FLIGHT TERMINAL 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 TREATMENT. WITH NORMAL TREATMENT. BUT WITH THE FOG, ZOBAYAN BUT WITH THE FOG, ZOBAYAN REPORTED LOW CEILINGS. REPORTED LOW CEILINGS. MINS LATER ON, OVER CALABASAS, MINUTES LATER, OVER CALABASAS, THE CHOPPER CLIMBED UP, THEN THE CHOPPER CLIMBED UP, AFTER THAT DESCENDED QUICKLY BEFORE COME DOWN RAPIDLY BEFORE HANDING OVER RADAR WITH NO HANDING OVER RADAR WITHOUT ANY MAYDAY.MAYDAY.
> > TO ECHO X-RAY, YOU’RE STILL >> > > TO MIRROR X-RAY, YOU’RE STILL AS WELL LOW DEGREE FOR TRIP AT THIS TOO LOW DEGREE FOR FLIGHT AT THIS TIME. TIME. >> > > Reporter: THE SIKORSKY HAS >> > > Press reporter: THE SIKORSKY HAS AMONG THE VERY BEST SAFETY DOCUMENTS AMONG THE VERY BEST SAFETY AND SECURITY DOCUMENTS OF ANY HELICOPTER. OF ANY HELICOPTER. CHOPPER PILOT KURT DIETZ, THAT CHOPPER PILOT KURT DIETZ, THAT HAD ALSO FLOWN FOR KOBE BRYANT, HAD ALSO FLOWN FOR KOBE BRYANT, STATED HE NEVER FELT PRESSURED BY CLAIMED HE NEVER EVER FELT PRESSURED BY THE BASKETBALL CELEBRITY TO FLY IN THE BASKETBALL CELEBRITY TO FLY IN ANY UNSAFE CONDITIONS.ANY UNSAFE CONDITIONS. > > DID HE EVER URGE ON ATTEMPTING >> > DID HE EVER BEFORE DEMAND TRYING >> TO SURVIVE WEATHER? TO SURVIVE WEATHER CONDITION? > > NO, NO, NO. > > NO, NO, NO. >> > > ABSOLUTELY NOTHING LIKE THAT. > > NOTHING LIKE THAT. >> > > THE PILOT FLYING IS >> THE LAST > > THE PILOT >> FLYING IS THE FINAL AUTHORITY. AUTHORITY. >> > > Press reporter: SO IT’S UP TO HIM? >> > > Reporter: SO IT’S UP TO HIM? >> > > YEAH. >> > > YEAH. > > TOM, THERE ARE A LOT OF > >> TOM, THERE ARE SO MANY DOUBTS HERE, BUT IT WAS SO QUESTIONS BELOW, BUT IT WAS SO IMPRESSIVE THAT THE NTSB EYE-CATCHING THAT THE NTSB DETECTIVE SAID THEY DESIRED DETECTIVE STATED THEY DESIRED THE GENERAL PUBLIC’S ASSISTANCE, THEY WANT THE GENERAL PUBLIC’S ASSISTANCE, THEY WANT PICTURES OF THE CLIMATE IN THE IMAGES OF THE WEATHER IN THE AREA.AREA.
IS THAT UNUSUAL? IS THAT UNUSUAL? >> > > Press reporter: THE NTSB, REALLY IN >> > > Press reporter: THE NTSB, REALLY IN CURRENT YEARS, HAS BEEN COMING CURRENT YEARS, HAS BEEN COMING-OUT AND ALSO ASKING FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC’S OUT AS WELL AS ASKING FOR THE PUBLIC’S AID DUE TO THE FACT THAT EVERYBODY HAS An ASSISTANCE DUE TO THE FACT THAT EVERYONE HAS A MOBILE PHONE THESE DAYS. CELLULAR PHONE NOWADAYS. PEOPLE HAVE PHOTOGRAPHS, THEY INDIVIDUALS HAVE PHOTOGRAPHS, THEY HAVE VIDEO CLIP, LIKE YOU SAW OF THE HAVE VIDEO CLIP, LIKE YOU SAW OF THE PIECE OF THE CHOPPER A FEW PIECE OF THE CHOPPER A FEW MINS EARLIER.MINUTES EARLIER.
THEY INTEND TO COLLECT ALL OF THAT THEY NEED TO GATHER ALL OF THAT DATA OF THE CHOPPER FLYING BUT DATA OF THE CHOPPER FLYING BUT ALSO OF THE WEATHER. ALSO OF THE WEATHER. INCIDENTALLY, THE CONSTABLE’S BY THE WAY, THE SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT HAS HAD A TROUBLE OF DEPARTMENT HAS HAD A TROUBLE OF JUST CURIOUS SIGHTSEERS ATTEMPTING TO SIMPLY INTERESTED ONLOOKERS TRYING TO CLIMB THAT HILLSIDE TO OBTAIN TO THE CLIMB THAT HILLSIDE TO REACH THE WRECKAGE SCENE. WRECK SCENE. SO THE SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT HAS SO THE SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT HAS ACTUALLY EMPLOYED POLICEMANS ON HORSEBACK EMPLOYED OFFICERS ON HORSEBACK AND ATVs.AND ATVs.
THEY HAVE A PERIMETER ON THIS THEY HAVE A BORDER ON THIS FULL HILLSIDE, MOUNTAIN, HOWEVER YOU COMPLETE HILLSIDE, HILL, HOWEVER YOU WISHED TO DESCRIBE IT, TO KEEP WANT TO DESCRIBE IT, TO KEEP PEOPLE 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, APART FROM THESE RECORDER, BESIDES THESE PHOTO THEY’RE LOOKING AT FROM PHOTO THEY’RE LOOKING AT FROM FOLKS THAT MAY HAVE BEEN IN FOLKS THAT MAY HAVE BEEN IN THE LOCATION. THE AREA. JUST HOW MUCH GOOD LUCK ARE THEY HAVING JUST HOW MUCH GOOD LUCK ARE THEY HAVING OBTAINING INFORMATION FROM THE FLIGHT? OBTAINING DATA FROM THE FLIGHT? >> > > Reporter: YESTERDAY THEY CLAIMED >> > > Reporter: THE OTHER DAY THEY CLAIMED THERE WAS NO COCKPIT 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 CAN WITH AVIONICS FROM THE THEY CAN WITH AVIONICS FROM THE HELICOPTER. HELICOPTER. THERE SHOULD BE GOOD INFORMATION OFF OF THERE MUST BE GREAT DATA OFF OF THAT, BUT THE iPAD THE PILOT WAS THAT, BUT THE iPAD THE PILOT WAS USING TO STRATEGY HIS TRIP STRATEGY, UTILIZING TO PLAN HIS TRIP PLAN, THEY MUST HAVE THE ABILITY TO GLEAN THEY MUST BE ABLE TO GLEAN SOME INFORMATION. SOME DATA. THE RADAR TAPES, ALL OF THAT THE RADAR TAPES, ALL OF THAT SHOULD BE IN THIS INVESTIGATION. OUGHT TO REMAIN IN THIS INVESTIGATION. > > TOM, YOU VISUALIZE THIS > > TOM, YOU VISUALIZE >> THIS HIGH-SPEED ACCIDENT RIGHT INTO THE SIDE HIGH-SPEED ACCIDENT INTO THE SIDE OF THE HILL. OF THE HILL. DO THEY THINK THEY’LL BE ABLE TO DO THEY THINK THEY’LL HAVE THE ABILITY TO OBTAIN THAT INFORMATION? RETRIEVE THAT INFORMATION? WILL IT BE IN THE FORM OF.
