DID THE CHOPPER COMPANY BREAK RULES BY LETTING THE PILOT FLY
INTO FOG.
LET’S GET MORE FROM
GADI SCHWARTZ.
>> Reporter: IN THE
SKY OF CALABASAS ON
SUNDAY THE FOG WAS TOO
THICK FOR THE
HELICOPTER COMPANY TO
OPERATE SOURCES CLOSE
TO THE INVESTIGATION
TELLING NBC NEWS WHILE
THE PILOT ARA ZOBAYAN
WAS CERTIFIED TO
FLIGHT THE CHOPPER
COMPANY WAS NOT.
THAT’S COMMON FOR
COMPANIES IN SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA WHICH
TYPICALLY HAVE CLEAR
SKIES.
>> THE PILOT WAS
CERTIFIED TO FLY ON
INSTRUMENTS.
THE HELICOPTER WAS
CERTIFIED TO FLY ON
INSTRUMENTS.
THE OPERATOR DID NOT
HAVE CERTIFICATION FOR
INSTRUMENT FLIGHT.
>> Reporter: BUT ON
SUNDAY.
>> BELOW 2500.
>> Reporter: THE
HELICOPTER ENTERED
THICK FOG BEFORE
DROPPING 350 FEET IN
SIX SECONDS SLAMMING
INTO A HILLSIDE A
TIMELINE BEINGGING
SCRUTINIZED.
A MEMORIAL FOR
14-YEAR-OLD ALYSSA
ALYSSA ALTOBELLI.
HER MOTHER AND FATHER
WERE ALSO KILLED.
TONIGHT LAKER NATION
SOLEMNLY PREPARING FOR
THE FIRST GAME SINCE
THE TRAGEDY.
>> IT WILL BE VERY
TOUCHING.
VERY, VERY EMOTIONAL
AND VERY JUST
TOUCHING.
>> Reporter: INSIDE
THE ARENA, TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF SHIRTS
ONE ON EVERY SEAT
BEARING KOBE’S NUMBER