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No engine failure in Bryant helicopter

LOS ANGELES — Wreckage from the helicopter that crashed and killed Kobe Bryant, his daughter and seven others did not show any sign of engine failure, the National Transportation Safety Board said Friday.

A witness told the NTSB the helicopter sounded normal before emerging from the fog.

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