The National Transportation Safety Board have released images from a security camera which shows Kobe Bryant’s helicopter flying into clouds in the moments before the crash which killed the basketball icon, his daughter and seven others.

An update from investigators also stated that the helicopter did not show any evidence of engine failure.

Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter Gianna, and seven others died in the January 26 crash in Calabasas, California. 

The group was flying to a girls basketball tournament at his Mamba Sports Academy. Gianna’s team was coached by Bryant and was playing in the tournament.

The NTSB is investigating the accident, including any role heavy fog played, and a final report isn’t expected for at least a year.

The helicopter’s instrument panel was destroyed in the crash and most of the devices were displaced, according to the NTSB’s investigative update that was released Friday. The flight controls were broken and suffered fire damage. 

The helicopter carrying Bryant, his daughter and six other passengers was piloted by Ara Zobayan, 50.

Longtime Orange Coast College baseball coach, John Altobelli, 56, his wife Keri, 46; their daughter Alyssa, 13; Christina Mauser, 38, an assistant basketball coach at the Mamba Sports Academy; Sarah Chester, 45, and her daughter, Payton, 13, were all killed in the crash. 

Investigators believe that since a tree branch at the crash site was cut, it appears the engines were working and rotors turning at the time of impact.

-Daily Mail