Kobe Bryant crash photos ordered to be deleted by LA Sheriff Alex Villanueva

Los Angeles County Sherriff Alex Villanueva revealed that he ordered eight of his deputies to delete graphic ims of helicopter crash that claimed lives of Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna and seven ors in January. In a recent report, first responders on site had discussed sharing ims of crash two days after trdy. At least two firefighters were also reported to have taken photos while at crime scene. 

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Kobe Bryant crash: Kobe Bryant crash photos ordered to be deleted by LA Sheriff Alex Villanueva

Sherriff Villanueva addressed issue on Monday and confirmed that he did order his deputies to delete all photos. deputies who took photos came forward mselves and deleted photos. department revealed that y were content that deputies admitted to clicking photos. One of Vanessa Bryant's attorneys revealed that she was devasted after first hearing news. 

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lawsuit filed by Vanessa Bryant against Island Express Helicopters and Island Express Holding Corp. seeks general, ecomic and punitive dams. According to lawsuit, company’s breach of ‘duty and negligence’ was cause of ir deaths. It added that Ara Zobayan’s ‘negligent conduct’ caused Kobe Bryant and Gianna’s death, for which Kobe Bryant helicopter company is ‘vicariously liable’.

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Kobe Bryant crash: Kobe Bryant pilot deliberately overlooked flight rules

As previously reported, Kobe Bryant’s pilot Ara Zobayan was trying to climb up while he was around 100 feet above ground. Zobayan was allowed to fly below flight following radar by FAA regulations. As per rules, he would stay legal as long as he could see half a mile and stayed away from cloud. However, Ara Zobayan decided to climb a higher altitude so he could see better. He would have been at 4000 feet, comfortably above clouds at 2400 feet.

problem, however, was climbing 500 vertical feet of clouds. According to experts, it is ‘deliberately’ breaking Visual Flight Rules. It is illegal to fly up to a cloud layer because of high possibility of a disaster, which is what happened. Without reference to ground, pilot can become disoriented, lose track of ir way up and end up crashing.

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Kobe Bryant crash site details

According to LA County Fire Chief Daryl Osby, fire had spread to a quarter of an acre. Jennifer Homendy, a National Transport Safety Board member, stated that pieces of helicopter were scattered across 600 feet. One of hills had an impact area. tail was down on left, fusel was on or side and main rotor ended up a hundred yards beyond scene. 

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