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Mourners look at an image of Kobe Bryant outside the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Sunday.
  • Thursday marks the three-year anniversary of the helicopter crash that killed Kobe Bryant.
  • The eight others in the helicopter, including Bryant's daughter Gianna, also died in the crash. 
  • In a 2021 report, the NTSB found that pilot error was the primary cause of the crash. 
  • The NBA legend Kobe Bryant's helicopter crashed on Sunday morning, killing Bryant, his daughter, and seven other people on board.
  • The National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation Administration are investigating the crash.
  • Here's everything we know about the crash and the questions that remain.

The retired NBA star Kobe Bryant was killed in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California, on January 26, 2020.