This is difficult to believe in two respects:
1) A pilot with thousands of hours of flying experience, including at least 1,250 hours in this particular helicopter, and he doesn't know to gain altitude, abort, whatever needed to be done, to avoid flying into a hillside.
2) More money than one knows what to do with, but they don't bother to invest in a warning system that would have saved lives. In 2020, technology is available but we don't invest in it - to save money?
But come to think of it, that has to be pinned on the chopper service, not Bryant. All that he probably knew about flying a helicopter was how to get in and out of it.
Oh, that helicopter company has some 'splainin' to do.