The Los Angeles County medical examiner, Dr. Jonathan Lucas, said the rugged terrain complicated efforts to recover the remains. Bryant’s helicopter left Santa Ana in Orange County, south of Los Angeles, shortly after 9 a.m. and circled for a time just east of Interstate 5, near Glendale. The chopper went down in Calabasas, about 30 miles (48 kilometres) northwest of downtown Los Angeles. “The likelihood of a catastrophic twin engine failure on that aircraft — it just doesn’t happen,” he told the Los Angeles Times. We lost our beautiful wife and mom today in a helicopter crash.”

Source: thestar January 27, 2020 11:35 UTC