NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- Vanessa Bryant has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Island Express, the company that owned the helicopter that crashed last month, killing husband Kobe Bryant and their 13-year-old daughter Gianna Bryant, TMZ reported Monday.
The lawsuit alleges that the firm was only allowed to fly under visual flight rules, and that the conditions the day of the crash were not suitable for such flying.
Fog was extremely low and the pilot was in blinding conditions before the deadly accident.
According to the lawsuit, the pilot was going 180 miles per hour in the heavy fog in a steep decline.
The lawsuit claims the pilot failed to properly monitor and assess the weather prior to takeoff, failed to obtain proper weather data prior to the flight, failed to abort the flight when he knew of the cloudy condition, failed to maintain control of the helicopter and failed to avoid "natural obstacles" in the flight path.
The lawsuit also claims the helicopter was not safe, but it fails to explain why.
The lawsuit does not list an amount of damages sought, but Bryant is seeking punitive damages, claiming the pilot and Island Express were reckless, and the damages could be untold millions.
