Kobe Bryant’s pilot’s last message showed he was trying to avoid low cloud

Pilot Ara Zobayan was flying in low visibility (Picture: AP) The pilot in Kobe Bryant’s fatal helicopter crash had told air traffic control he was trying to avoid a cloud layer, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said yesterday. When asked what he planned to do after that, there was no reply. NTSB board member Jennifer Homendy spoke to reporters about the last moments of the helicopter before it hit a hillside on Calabasas, killing Bryant, his daughter...