TRAGIC. Vanessa Bryant loses her husband Kobe and her daughter Gianna in a fatal chopper crash. File photo by Harry How/Getty Images/AFP
The lawsuit names Island Express Helicopters, Island Express Holding Corp. and the estate of the helicopter's pilot, Ara Zobayan, who was among the victims. The National Transportation Safety Board is still investigating the exact cause of the crash, although preliminary findings showedMonday's lawsuit faults the company for allowing the helicopter to fly in"heavy fog and low clouds" that Sunday morning, conditions which prompted"law enforcement agencies and tour companies" to ground their helicopters.
"The subject helicopter was not licensed or certified to be flown into instrument conditions. On information and belief, the pilot-in-command, Ara George Zobayan, was required to fly only in conditions that he could navigate visually.
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