On January 26, 2020, a Sikorsky S-76B helicopter crashed into a hillside in the city of Calabasas, California, around 25 mi northwest of downtown Los Angeles, while en route from John Wayne Airport to
NTSB investigators examining aircraft debris one day following the crash, January 27, 2020
N72EX, the helicopter involved in the accident, pictured in 2018
Kobe Bryant (right), former Los Angeles Lakers player, being interviewed by Iván Kasanzew 11 days before the crash
NTSB investigators, Adam Huray and Carol Hogan, examine the wreckage as part of the NTSB's investigation
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Gianna Maria-Onore Bryant, also known as Gigi Bryant and Mambacita, was an American student-athlete and the daughter of National Basketball Association player Kobe Bryant and Vanessa Bryant. Raised in
2020 Calabasas helicopter crash
…Wayne Airport to Camarillo Airport. All nine people on board were killed: former professional basketball player Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter Gianna; baseball coach John Altobelli, his wife Keri, and their 14-year-old daughter Alyssa; Sarah Chester and her 13-year-old daughter Payton; basketball…
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Gianna and her parents watch while her sister Natalia sells Girl Scout Cookies to President Barack Obama in the Oval Office, January 26, 2010, exactly a decade before her and her father's deaths
Fans gathered in front of Staples Center (later Crypto.com Arena) on the day of Bryant's death