Safety Culture in the News

Safety Culture in the News

NTSB Report: Pilot In Kobe Bryant Helicopter Crash May Have Been Disoriented Due To Fog

NTSB Report: Pilot In Kobe Bryant Helicopter Crash May Have Been Disoriented Due To Fog … An executive of Island Express Helicopters says that when they hadn’t landed within an hour they began a frantic search on tracking software. However, the helicopter’s tracker had stopped working at around 9:45 am which the executive noted was “not normal.”

The overall safety culture of Island Express Helicopters has also been called into question. One pilot said that Zobayan never talked about safety policy or the minimum amount of visibility need to fly while another says the company didn’t have a real safety management program to speak of.

Kobe Bryant’s widow, Vanessa, has filed a lawsuit against Zobayan and Island Express for negligence, claiming that the pilot shouldn’t have flown in those weather conditions and should have aborted the flight. …