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Catalina Island plane crash kills five people
The canyons of Catalina Island.
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Authorities found five dead passengers in the wreckage of a twin-engine Beechcraft 95 airplane Tuesday night.
What we know: The Federal Aviation Administration said that the small aircraft likely took off from the Catalina Airport in Avalon around 8 p.m. Tuesday evening and then crashed shortly thereafter about a mile west of the Catalina Airport. Shortly after 8 p.m., an emergency notification from a cellphone alerted the Avalon Sheriff's Station on Catalina Island to the site of the crash, just west of the airport.
The backstory: Plane crashes occur infrequently on Catalina Island; the last one was 2019 and before that, 2016. L.A. County Sheriff's deputies along with Los Angeles County Fire Department, Avalon Search and Rescue, and Avalon City Fire Department responded to the scene.
What's next: As of Wednesday morning the investigation into the cause is ongoing. Anyone with information about the incident is encouraged to contact the L.A. County Sheriff's Avalon Station at 310-510-0174.
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