The first question to ask about the helicopter flight that killed Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gigi, and seven other souls is why on earth there was only one pilot on board? Surely Kobe has an insurance policy that REQUIRES him to employ two pilots for safety purposes. Fog is usually not a problem by simply adding a few hundred additional feet of altitude. Why didn't pilot Ara Zobayan ask for a higher clearance if fog was the issue? That aircraft has a service ceiling well beyond the level of fog. A pilot's primary motto is "altitude is my friend." Got trouble? Contact air traffic control or announce on a unicom frequency (a universal frequency for all unmonitored aircraft)