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CALABASAS, CALIFORNIA (January 26, 2020) At approximately 10 a.m. PST, former professional basketball player Kobe Bryant died in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California at the age of 41. About 9:06 a.m., Bryant, his daughter Gianna, and seven others had taken off from John Wayne Airport in Orange County, California, in a Sikorsky S-76 owned by Bryant. The helicopter passed over Boyle Heights, near Dodger Stadium, circled over Glendale during the flight. The helicopter was registered to the Fillmore-based Island Express Holding Corp., according to the California Secretary of State business database.
Weather conditions at the time were reported to be foggy. Personnel from the Los Angeles County Fire Department attended the scene, and the fire had been extinguished by 10:30 a.m. Witnesses reported that the helicopter's engine was "spluttering" before the crash. Data from Flightradar24 appears to show the helicopter rising abruptly before crashing.
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