Kobe Bryant dead in helicopter crash

[jallen0]

https://www.tmz.com/2020/01/26/kobe-bryant-killed-dead-helicopter-crash-in-calabasas/

 

[PeterNSteinmetz]

No worries, I’m leaving the board. Victory is yours.

Do you mean the thread? Or the board?

 

[PeterNSteinmetz]

I would also add: show the "other side" of every event, no matter how ridiculous the "other side" is. You can be watching a news report about NASA, and then for the "other side" they interview a flat earth idiot.

I think they perceive this as a 2ay of being “objective”.

 

[PeterNSteinmetz]

Also at AP

https://apnews.com/9d82178792111e4db5b16ee0ddfc8539

 

[PeterNSteinmetz]

Lawsuits by the other passengers’ estates and relatives - https://apple.news/AZVA-GeAES22Y_WPGM026cQ

 

[PeterNSteinmetz]

Interesting. The helicopter company is claiming that the failure of the controllers to provide flight following is actionable and that they provided inadequate weather information right around the time of a shift change.

It should be possible to retrieve the complaint from the CA superior courts site to see more of their argument.

Given the money involved and the fame of some of the victims, I imagine this case is going to go on for a lot of years.

 

[PeterNSteinmetz]

I think that if the pilot was negligent and incautious, then these lawsuits serve a good purpose. They serve, when all finally settled and done, to assign blame and deter future reckless behavior.

Even if this particular pilot was not married, it will send a message to other pilots who may have estates and families — don’t be reckless because it may come back to haunt your loved ones.

 

[PeterNSteinmetz]

Let alone Bryant’s wife burn the whole operation to the ground, auction off their helicopters, and sell their pads for pennies on the dollar or better yet, make them public.

Very interesting first hand knowledge.