Text Messages Before Kobe Bryant Flight Appear to Show Pilot Became Disoriented in Fog

Text Messages Before Kobe Bryant Flight Appear to Show Pilot Became Disoriented in Fog
Kobe Bryant and daughter Gianna Bryant watch during day 2 of the Phillips 66 National Swimming Championships at the Woollett Aquatics Center, in Irvine, Calif., on July 26, 2018. Harry How/Getty Images
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Texts messages in the hours before the helicopter flight that killed NBA legend Kobe Bryant and eight other people show weather conditions were a concern and that the pilot appeared to become disoriented in fog.

Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter, and seven others on the aircraft were killed as they headed to a youth basketball game on a foggy January morning.