Episodes
Air Crash Investigation: Loss of a Legend (Nat Geo Aus Mon 14 Feb 2022)
A special episode of National Geographic’s Air Crash Investigation will focus on the terrible helicopter accident in Los Angeles that killed NBA legend Kobe Bryant and eight others.
On Monday, February 14 at 8.30pm AEDT, National Geographic will screen Air Crash Investigation: Loss of a Legend. The Sikorsky S-76B aircraft rented by NBA legend Kobe Bryant crashed in Los Angeles on January 26, 2020, killing all nine people on board.
In the midst of the world’s mourning, Air Crash investigators combed through the data and wreckage for clues as to how a top pilot – flying a state-of-the-art plane with a major celebrity on board – could crash into a mountain on a route he was familiar with.
Air Crash Investigation features interviews with aviation professionals and eyewitnesses, as well as a dramatised reconstruction of real-life air crashes.
Interviews, eyewitness testimony, and re-enactments are utilised to illustrate the important aspects of the Sikorsky S-76B flight from downtown Los Angeles to Camarillo, California, as well as the necessary flight rules and in-flight phenomena that led to the horrible tragedy.
To rebuild the sequence of events for the audience, the episode will include aviation industry specialists, computer-generated graphics, and voice-actor readings of cockpit voice recorder transcripts.National Geographic is available on Foxtel, Fetch TV and Sky NZ