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Originally Posted by bimmer456
I had a question about the helicopter. It was built in 1991 so it is 29 years old. That seems ancient. Kobe was 12 when that thing was brand new. Is it normal to have such old helicopters still flying? I read an article saying that modern helicopters are safer now, but this would not qualify as modern. It did not have a black box or terrain warning system which a newer chopper might.
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I think the crash more had to do with flying into heavy fog instead of turning around. Even the LAPD helicopters were grounded that day. Maybe the pilot had pressure from an outside party to continue flying. Like from his boss or from Kobe or from someone else that really wanted to get to the destination and didn't want to turn around out of fear of losing his job. Helicopter pilot seems like a pretty good job, even more-so for someone famous.