Kobe Steel, Ltd. (株式会社神戸製鋼所, Kabushiki-gaisha Kōbe Seikō-sho), operating worldwide under the brand Kobelco, is a major Japanese steel manufacturer headquartered in Chūō-ku, Kobe.Kobe Steel also has a stake in Osaka Titanium Technologies. The charges were dropped, and the NBA player denied the allegations, but he publicly admitted to being unfaithful to his wife.She's been dealing with these incidents for a long time and has been a faithful wife, but she's finally had enough, a source told TMZ.Vanessa and Kobe Bryant have been married for 10 years. It was foggy day … the tail, was not really running right," Mr Kocharian said."We'll be looking at maintenance records of the helicopter.
We will be looking at records of the owner and operator of the helicopter and a number of other things that we look at as part of the investigation," she said.Federal investigators say they will focus on the operation and airworthiness of the helicopter involved in the crash."The likelihood of a catastrophic twin-engine failure on that aircraft — it just doesn't happen," he said.He added that police helicopters were grounded at the time "because of the weather"."The actual conditions at the time of impact, that is still yet to be determined, and we will have that with the NTSB [National Transportation Safety Board] shortly."It wasn't an unusual form of transport for the retired basketball legend, who often took helicopters to his games during his time as a guard for the Los Angeles Lakers.In an insight into their life after Bryant's retirement in 2016, his wife shared on Instagram that a forgotten Thanksgiving dish was picked up by Bryant and daughter Natalia using the helicopter.Mr Villanueva said the crash site was a "logistical nightmare" for investigators.NTSB member Jennifer Homendy said the team would be looking at the history of the pilot and whatever crew was onboard.Bryant was known to use a Sikorsky S-76 chopper to his games, the celebrity news website TMZ said.Audio from air traffic control at Socal Approach indicated the pilot tried to remain below clouds in order to remain in visual contact with the ground and avoid flying on instruments, aviation lawyer Gary Robb said.Kurt Deetz, a pilot who used to fly Bryant in the chopper, told the Los Angeles Times the crash was more likely caused by bad weather than mechanical issues.Among the dead is Alyssa Altobelli, who played on the same basketball team as Bryant's daughter Gianna.They had to hike into the site, taking both firefighting and medical equipment, fire chief Daryl Osby said.He would fly from his home at the time in Orange County to the Lakers' home stadium at the Staples Centre for every home game.A Sikorsky 76B helicopter was involved in the crash.This service may include material from Agence France-Presse (AFP), APTN, Reuters, AAP, CNN and the BBC World Service which is copyright and cannot be reproduced.Plenty of great players have passed through the NBA, but the sadness and shock Kobe Bryant's death has elicited speaks to a global force who was more than an athlete.A helicopter crash in hilly Californian countryside has claimed the life of NBA legend Kobe Bryant and eight other people, including one of his daughters, Gianna."I heard some explosion … I see there's some smoke coming up."Her parents John Altobelli, head coach of Southern California's Orange Coast College baseball team and his wife, Keri, also died."Debris from the helicopter and the fire also included magnesium, which is very hard for firefighters to extinguish because magnesium reacts with oxygen and water," Mr Osby said.Police have now handed over the site to two US investigatory bodies — the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the NTSB.Kobe Bryant's NBA career with the LA Lakers was great.