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

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.