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Pilot of Bryant helicopter tried to avoid heavy fog

by Associated Press
| January 29, 2020 12:05 AM

CALABASAS, Calif. (AP) — The veteran pilot whose helicopter plunged into a Los Angeles-area hillside, killing NBA superstar Kobe Bryant and eight others, had tried to avoid fog so heavy that it had grounded police choppers, authorities said.

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