What to know about the Kobe Bryant helicopter crash in Calabasas

“Using instruments, you’re at the mercy of controllers, and as busy as Los Angeles airspace is, you’re likely to get routed all over the place,” Brian Beker, a longtime fixed-wing pilot who flew out of Santa Monica, told the Times. “In L.A., it’s a notorious headache.” Did the pilot make a critical mistake? Zobayan could have ...