ニューヨーク・タイムズさんのインスタグラム写真 - (ニューヨーク・タイムズInstagram)「The pilot in the helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant and seven other passengers last year flew into clouds in violation of federal rules and most likely grew disoriented while flying through the fog in Southern California, investigators said on Tuesday. The chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board said that the pilot, Ara Zobayan, was operating under rules that prohibited him from flying into the clouds, but that he had nonetheless continued. Zobayan indicated that he was trying to climb above the clouds while he was actually rapidly falling, a sign that he was disoriented, investigators said. The close relationship between Bryant and Zobayan, who had flown the basketball star and his children many times, may have made the pilot want to complete the flight despite the hazardous conditions, investigators said. “This weather did not sneak up on the pilot,” Bill English, the lead investigator on the case, told board members. He said the pilot had crashed just minutes away from an airport where he could have landed. Once disoriented, the pilot seemingly did not reference his instruments, did not understand them or did not trust them, investigators said. Investigators are expected to release more findings at the close of their meeting on the causes of the crash that killed all nine people on board, as they were on their way to a youth basketball tournament. Tap the link in our bio to read more. Photo by @stephensylvanie/USA Today Sports, via Reuters」2月10日 1時27分