RIP Kobe Bryant

[happystuff]

BREAKING NEWS:Former NBA star Kobe Bryant killed in helicopter crash outside Los Angeles.

*New thread out of respect - sorry for the misspelling of the name.

[Yppej]

Now his wife, who stayed with him for the big ring, gets his money without having to put up with any more of his cheating.

[bae]

Helicopters are to be avoided whenever possible, in my experience.

[iris lilies]

Helicopters are to be avoided whenever possible, in my experience.

Thank you for confirming that. That was always my impression, but not being in an economic bracket where I can afford to take helicopters anywhere, I didn’t have to worry about it.

[bae]

Thank you for confirming that. That was always my impression, but not being in an economic bracket where I can afford to take helicopters anywhere, I didn’t have to worry about it.

We have to put patients on them for evac, and we do a risk-benefit analysis every time. It's not a good way to travel if you have other options.

[Teacher Terry]

It’s really sad that his oldest daughter was on it too. Very sad. Plus they have a 7 month old baby.

[JaneV2.0]

Then there was the American crew of the tanker plane that went down fighting Australian bush fires. I bet there won't be extended coverage of their demise.

[catherine]

We have to put patients on them for evac, and we do a risk-benefit analysis every time. It's not a good way to travel if you have other options.

This accident called to mind the incident back in the 80s (I believe) when Jane Dornacker, a radio traffic host for the WNBC actually was on air when the helicopter she was reporting from went down into the Hudson River... it was horrifying. She died in the crash.

RIP Kobe Bryant.. what a tragedy.

[bae]

https://www.ntsb.gov/Search1/pages/R...er%20Accidents

[Tybee]

https://www.ntsb.gov/Search1/pages/R...er%20Accidents

I had no idea it was this dangerous. My ex-husband was a pilot, so I used to read the NTSB report. It's interesting reading.