As new reporting emerges that the pilot in the deadly Catalina plane crash, which killed five people, did not have clearance to take off, officials with the medical examiner’s office have formally ...

Five people died in the crash of a twin-engine plane on Santa Catalina Island on Tuesday night, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. The plane's takeoff from Catalina was ...

The pilot of a small plane that crashed on Santa Catalina Island, killing five, was warned not to take off in treacherous conditions after dark. Now, a new report sheds light on why he waited until ...

AVALON, Calif. (AP) - The pilot in a plane crash on a Southern California island that killed all five people aboard did not have clearance to take off, an airport official said. The twin-engine ...

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Five people were dead after a twin-engine plane crashed on Catalina Island on Tuesday night, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. Just after 8 p.m., deputies at the sheriff's ...

SANTA CATALINA ISLAND, Calif. (CNS) - Recovery efforts were continuing Wednesday at the site of a plane crash on Santa Catalina Island that killed all five people aboard the aircraft. The twin-engine ...

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AVALON, Calif. (KABC) -- Five people were killed when a plane crashed shortly after takeoff from Catalina Island Tuesday night, authorities confirmed. The twin-engine Beechcraft 95 went down in steep ...

CATALINA ISLAND, Calif. (KABC) -- Three people were critically injured when a small airplane went off the end of a runway on Catalina Island on Wednesday morning, a Federal Aviation Administration ...