Accidents
Bryant Helo Crash Leaves Large Debris Field, Crater
NTSB says fatal flight impacted terrain at an elevation of 1,085 feet.

The NTSB provided more details Monday on the fatal Southern California helicopter accident on Sunday that took the lives of retired basketball star Kobe Bryant and eight others. Board member Jennifer Homendy said the accident aircraft was placed in a 12-minute traffic hold by Burbank tower before being granted a special VFR transition. Near Calabasas, it began its final descending left-hand turn from an altitude of 2,300 feet and the main wreckage impacted terrain at 1,085 feet, producing a crater.