[mairdie]

I remember the LA fogs. Thickest I’ve ever been in. Was speeding once and looked up to see a red light above me on one of the major Palos Verdes roads. Truly wonder how I lived thru that LA year.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7931909/Kobe-Bryant-dies-Calabasas-helicopter-crash.html

Helicopter carrying Kobe Bryant, 41, and his daughter Gianna, 13, flew through fog despite police GROUNDING their fleet over safety fears as more of the nine victims of the Calabasas crash are named

[mairdie]

Frustrating not to be able to post pictures, but a Branco cartoon - impeachment art

https://www.lucianne.com/images/daily_photos/2020/01/26/pic.jpg

[xone]

flew through fog despite police GROUNDING their fleet over safety fears as more of the nine victims of the Calabasas crash are named

Non-story, as there aren't many instrument qualified cops flying helicopters, as cop work needs VFR. No clue whether Kobe's pilot of his aircraft had his rating, but with his dough, why wouldn't he? Fog is the easiest of weather complications, obscuration due to fog, clear on top. In LA basin around 1200' MSL on a normal day, fly though it on IFR or SVFR clearance, it is a can of corn. Pilot f'ed up apparently.