moments before the crash, zobayan told air traffic controllers he was gaining altitude to fly above the fact, he was turning left and descending eventually crashing into a hillside. the ntsb also says zobayan violated safety standards by flying into the fog because he was flying under visual flight rules meaning he needed to see where he was going. >> the pilot was making his way up the canyon, and he saw that the clouds were descending and the terrain was rising, and he said, i can't make it, so he tried to pull up into the clouds, which he legally wasn't allowed to do, and tried to escape the terrain. >> reporter: investigators also pointing out as weather conditions got worse, zobayan could have made an emergency landing at a nearby airport, but instead they say he possibly felt pressured to keep flying as to not disappoint his high-profile client. >> we did feel like there was some evidence of the self-induced pressure. the two knew each other. we do feel that it was reasonable to draw the conclusion that there was self-induced pressure. >> some lawmakers are calling for regulations

the chopper hard to the left, descending and crashing into the hillside today the ntsb concluded zobayan became spatially disoriented in the clouds >> where literally the pilot may not know which way is up or down, whether he or she is leaning left or right. >> reporter: the ntsb says the pilot likely felt self-induced pressure to get kobe bryant, his daughter gianna, and six others to a basketball tournament the ntsb also found island express helicopters, the operator, had inadequate safety procedures and oversight. the company had no comment today. two weeks ago kobe bryant's widow posted on instagram, "i will never understand how and why this tragedy could have happened to such beautiful, kind, and amazing human beings." tom costello, nbc news, washington >>> there is word tonight the kansas city chiefs have placed assistant coach britt reid on administrative leave after a car crash left a 5-year-old girl fighting for her life. police have also issued a search warrant for reid's phone. police say reid, the son of head coach andy reid, told them he had two to three drinks before the cr

case where a pilot who is well regarded, apparently got into a very bad situation. >> reporter: zobayan'sloyer, island express, is being cited for inadequate review and oversight of safety measures, the company telling cbs news it is not commenting. while this closes the case, it provides little closure for the victims' families and bryant's fans; bryant's widow vanessa writing in a post, "it still doesn't seem real." errol barnett, cbs news, new york. >> o'donnell: and tonight, we're shedding light on the growing hunger crisis among america's children. it's become much worse during the covid pandemic. cbs' mark strassmann visited jacksonville, florida, wherele,e 40,000 children are not getting enough to eat, and teachers are stepping up to help them. >> i'm going to put this right here. >> reporter: in covid america, nearly 24 million adults say their families lack food to last a week. anthony winters sees that every day. >> hey, second grade, how are we doing? >> reporter: hungry students. at carver elementary school, the 24-year-old guidance courage heads to a back room. instead of sta

according to the report zobayan radioed to air traffic controllers that he was climbing to get out oflicopter was actually turning left when it began to descend rapidly to the ground. >> it's not hard to imagine that this pilot felt great pressure. kobe trusted him. he was a person -- his personal pilot. he knew he had to get him to this basketball game. >> reporter: the ntsb says neither bryant nor zobayan's employer, island express helicopters, pressured zobayan that day, rather, it was a self-induced pressure, not to disappoint his high-profile longtime client which was also a contributing factor to the crash. >> i'm really saddened by this crash and we use the term crash rather than accident and i think it's important to understand the distinction. we have a very good idea of why it happened and we absolutely know how to prevent these kinds of crashes. >> reporter: the ntsb says they're averaging about one crash like this caused by these same causes every six months for the past ten years. now, there have eval lawsuits filed against the company and against the pilot but they made

. >> reporter: zobayan was chief pilot at island express, but the helicopter was not rated to fly using in bad weather, and the weather that morning was iffy. >> but i think that he was still enticed by the fact that it wasn't that bad. >> reporter: the helicopter company says safety was always more important than celebrity, that it had canceled flights for people like kylie jenner, kawhi leonard and rapper lick dickey in the past due to weather island express canceled 150 flights due to weather in 2019 then just in 2020 there were 13 such cancellations, all of them in the two days before the crash. >> advising vfr conditions. >> reporter: the company which booked kobe's flight says zobayan was vigilant about safety providing tech showing he'd once refused to fly a refu client weather went worse than expected but visibility dropped but he's also been cite ed once by the faa for entering l.a.x. air space without permission, and two people told investigators of times he had intentionally and illegally flown through clouds i heard a pop and it immediately stopped. for years the ntsb has wa

lost control, but in a surprise move to some, investigators do not believe a warning system telling zobayaning toward the ground would help. >> this would not have aided in the situation, it was beyond the parameters, and would have been more of a confusing factor than anything else. >> reporter: in the end, the ntsb believes he was likely influenced by self-induced pressure to continue flying, in part because he wanted to please his celebrity client, and it also said island express needs more oversight of safety management and is again recommending flight data monitoring during such flights which would allow a flight department to see deviations and get involved before a crash happens. so far, the faa has said it's not worth the cost. >> we issue these recommendations when bad things happen and the faa has dragged their feet so many times on this issue and others >> reporter: they also want more pilot training to recognize disorientation, but here's a surprise, the helicopter that kobe was in came equipped with a cockpit voice recorder which was removed by island express and that's okay. t