The backstory: Plane crashes occur infrequently on Catalina Island; the last one was 2019 and before that, 2016. L.A. County ...

Five people were killed when a plane crashed shortly after takeoff from Catalina Island Tuesday night, authorities confirmed.

A plane crashed Tuesday night on Catalina Island off the Southern California coast near the island's private airport. It was not immediately known if there were injuries or deaths.

All five people on a small plane that went down on Catalina Island Tuesday night were killed in the crash, officials ...

Five people are dead after a twin-engine plane crashed on Catalina Island Tuesday night, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said.