S-76 Crash Kills Basketball Star and Eight Others

The S-76 registered N72EX flew from Santa Ana past Los Angeles before crashing near the city of Calabasas, California.
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LOS ANGELES – Investigators have begun to probe the crash of a Sikorsky S-76 that killed former basketball player Kobe Bryant and eight others. The helicopter crashed onto a hillside near the city of Calabasas, California, shortly before 10 a.m. local time on Jan. 26. Low cloud cover appears to have...
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