Vanessa Bryant sues Kobe Bryant's helicopter company in wrongful death lawsuit

Kobe Bryant’s wife, Vanessa Bryant, has filed a wrongful death lawsuit after death of Lakers legend and her 13-year-old daughter Gianna, according to news reports. Kobe Bryant, Gianna Bryant and six ors including ir pilot Ara Zobayan lost ir lives in a tragic plane last month in Calabasas, California. news came after recent reports revealed that pilot, Ara Zobayan, was disciplined in 2015 for Air Violation.

Kobe Bryant helicopter crash: Vanessa Bryant sues Kobe Bryant helicopter company

lawsuit filed by Vanessa Bryant against Island Express Helicopters and Island Express Holding Corp. seek 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’ cause Kobe Bryant and Gianna’s death, for which helicopter company is ‘vicariously liable’.

In 2015, Ara Zobayan was disciplined for violating flight rules for which he had received counselling. He was working for Island Express Helicopters during that time. National Transport Safety Board (NTSB) had released ir preliminary report of trdy. According to NTSB, helicopter showed sign of engine failure. helicopter was also reportedly around 100 feet away from clear skies.

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According to reports, sources close to Bryant family state that Vanessa Bryant and family needed a private funeral. ceremony was very hard on everyone. source stated that family is still trying to grasp loss of 'two beautiful souls'. Vanessa Bryant had recently shared on Instagram that it was difficult for her to deal with both ir deaths as she is unable to process m at same time. 

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Kobe Bryant helicopter 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 is 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. News reports also reveal that nine months ago, Ara Zobayan had received proficiency training in ‘inadvertent entry into instrument meteorological conditions and unusual attitude recovery’, which was exact cause of helicopter’s crash.

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