phonthought3000
All Star
R.I.P. Mamba. It hurt having to break the news to my pops. That was his fav.
Hes looking down on us saying
Hes looking down on us saying
I’m really fukked up over this. Apart of me has died today I’m not even going to lie. His inspiration, drive and dedication has help build me to who I am today. I’m shocked speechless and will never be the same. Mambaout24x8x4
fukk so it wasn’t even a mechanical failure...prayers for the pilot and his family but damn man he could’ve avoided it
a lot of posts from earlier have been removedwhat happened
just saw this
fukking idiot.fukk so it wasn’t even a mechanical failure...prayers for the pilot and his family but damn man he could’ve avoided it
L.A. weather was extremely foggy Sunday morning, and law enforcement sources tell us even LAPD air support was grounded because of it. Flight tracker data shows Kobe's chopper appeared to first encounter weather issues as it was above the L.A. Zoo. It circled that area at least 6 times at a very low altitude -- around 875 feet -- perhaps waiting for the fog to clear.
We know the pilot contacted the control tower at Burbank Airport around 9:30 AM PT, and the tower was aware the pilot had been circling for about 15 minutes. The pilot eventually headed north along the 118 freeway before turning to the west, and started following above the 101 freeway around Woodland Hills, CA.
At around 9:40 AM they encounter more weather -- as in seriously heavy fog -- and the chopper turned south. This was critical, because they turned toward a mountainous area. The pilot suddenly and rapidly climbed from about 1200 feet up to 2000 feet.
However, moments later -- around 9:45 AM -- they flew into a mountain at 1700 feet. Flight tracker data shows they were flying at about 161 knots.
None of these are even close to Kobe.
Nobody in Africa or Russia gives two fukks about Peyton Manning or Ray Lewis. They don't even know those names.
Kobe is a global icon. The whole planet is mourning him, every continent