Probe: No engine failure in Kobe Bryant helicopter crash

By The Associated Press

Posted February 7, 2020 2:36 pm.

This article is more than 5 years old.

LOS ANGELES — Federal investigators say wreckage from the helicopter that crashed last month and killed Kobe Bryant, his daughter and seven others did not show any evidence of engine failure, according to a preliminary report by the National Transportation Safety Board.

The Jan. 26 crash killed the former Los Angeles Lakers star, his teenage daughter and seven others. The helicopter crashed into a mountain outside Los Angeles.

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