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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’ve been looking at the pictures, and the video of the flight path.
Can someone way in that has experience either with the geography of this part of California, or traveling by helicopter – which is obviously different than traveling by airplane.
[b]Why would the helicopter turn to the south,[/b] when I believe they were going somewhere north west of where the plane crash occurred.
Also curious: it seems they were instructed to fly along a highway, but then ended up crashing in the hillside. It seems very fortunate the helicopter didn’t land in the middle of the highway, or in a neighborhood. [/quote]

I don't think anyone knows why.  Maybe just confusion. The pilot likely had zero visibility. I live in the area and it was EXTREMELY thick fog. I was driving on the freeway in the very early hours that morning and it was quite scary. [/quote]

I also live in the area.  The fog has been wicked for the last few days, and it comes in quick.  I was driving with DS on Friday night - we were on the freeway, going at a good clip when all of the sudden we hit a literal wall of zero-visibility fog.  Thank God it was late at night and not many cars were on the road in that specific section of the freeway. We went from 60mph, down to 20mph within seconds, and I had to turn on my hazards for those behind me.   It was frightening.

As for why the pilot turned south - he had just passed Burbank Airport, and I am only guessing here, but he probably wanted to see if he could land there instead of in El Monte which is further inland.    The terrain is mountainous, and jagged in many areas.  Lots of vegetation. 
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