Recently, news broke that Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna, and others were the unfortunate victims of a helicopter crash. Now, a helicopter pilot has explained why he believes the aircraft went down. 

The pilot says it appears the aircraft that Bryant, his daughter, and others were on tried to attempt a 180-degree turn, but was unable to get out of cloudy conditions while trying to make an emergency turn.

He said the aircraft was trying to make a turn to climb higher and escape the conditions but was unsuccessful because the clouds “obscured the mountains.” Watch above.