Report: FAA Previously Disciplined Kobe Bryant’s Pilot Over Weather-Related Violation

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — The pilot of the helicopter that crashed in Calabasas last month, killing Kobe Bryant and eight others, violated federal flight rules in 2015, according to records from the Federal Aviation Administration.
The report, obtained by CBS Los Angeles, says that Ara Zobayan was flying northbound in an AS350 helicopter May 2015 when he was denied clearance to fly through airspace near Los Angeles International Airport due to reduced visibility caused by adverse weather