AIR CRASH INVESTIGATIONS - Rapid Descent Into Terrain Isl...
Barreveld, Dirk Jan![AIR CRASH INVESTIGATIONS - Rapid Descent Into Terrain Island Express Helicopters Inc. Sikorsky S-76B, N72EX](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/460/46043292/CHSBZCOP0346043292.jpg)
On January 26, 2020, a Sikorsky S-76B helicopter, N72EX, being operated by Island Express Helicopters Inc. as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 135 on-demand flight, crashed into terrain in Calabasas, California. The pilot and the eight passengers died. One of the passengers was retired basketball player Kobe Bryant.
Safety issues include the pilot's preflight weather and flight risk planning, the flight's entry into instrumen...