US: Kobe Bryant crash pilot got disoriented flying in clouds

Memorial for Kobe and Gianna Bryant at LA's Staples Center
LOS ANGELES (AP) — U.S. safety officials are criticizing the helicopter pilot’s decisions during the Southern California flight that crashed last year and killed Kobe Bryant, his teenage daughter and six other passengers. National Transportation Safety Board members on Tuesday say pilot Ara Zobayan made several key mistakes during the roughly 40-minute flight that crashed in hills in the city of Calabasas on Jan. 26, 2020. Z