LOS ANGELES – On Tuesday night, the pilot of a small plane sat on the runway of Catalina Island’s “airport in the sky” with four passengers on board and a decision to make. Take off into the looming ...

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Five people were killed when a small plane crashed on California’s Catalina Island late Tuesday night. The twin-engine Beechcraft 95 crashed almost immediately after taking off from the island’s small ...

A twin-engine plane crashed shortly after taking off from Catalina Airport in Avalon Tuesday night, Oct. 8, killing all five people on board, authorities said. Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies ...