Kobe Bryant died from a plane crash, On a Sunday, the 26th day in January of the year 2020. The crash occurred at about 9:45 am that day. He died alongside eight other passengers on board, including his own daughter.
The helicopter took off at around 9:06 that day; it took off from John Wayne airport in California with just nine passengers, including Bryant, his daughter Gianna, who was 13 years old, the pilot, and six family friends. The air traffic and the LAPD were grounded that morning because of the light rain and fog.
The flight tracker revealed that the helicopter hovered around L.A Zoo because of heavy air traffic around the place. At 9:30 am, the pilot notified the control tower of the situation, and they replied to him that he could not be tracked by the radar because he was flying too low. He then turned south, and about 9:40, he crashed into a mountain in Calabasas.