Kobe Bryant's helicopter got lost in cloud before crash
The helicopter carrying NBA legend Kobe Bryant climbed around 2,300 feet to avoid a cloud layer shortly before it took a left descending turn and crashed into the side of a hill, officials said at a news conference on Monday afternoon.
"It was a pretty devastating accident scene," said Jennifer Homendy, spokesperson for the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), which is leading the investigation into the helicopter crash that killed the 41-year-old retired Los Angeles Lakers player, his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven others on Sunday morning.
Officials said they are looking at an extensive debris field of around 500 to 600 feet wide and an impact crater about 1,085 feet above sea level.