[2] The helicopter left Palm Springs International Airport in California and was flying southeast towards Boulder City, Nevada, for that year's Super Bowl in Las Vegas.

[5] The helicopter was slowly losing height and picking up speed over the ground prior to crashing.

[6] The remains of Wigwe and his family were repatriated to Nigeria, where they were buried in his hometown in Isiokpo, Rivers State, on 9 March, following a week-long wake in Lagos that was attended by several prominent personalities, including billionaire and Africa's richest person Aliko Dangote.

Nigerian vice president Kashim Shettima said that Wigwe "left us in winter before the season of bloom."

[7] According to a former National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigator, clipping a power line in low visibility conditions might have been the cause of the crash.