AVALON : 2 Killed in Plane Crash Near Catalina Airport
Two people died Wednesday when a private plane crashed near the airport on Catalina Island, a sheriff’s deputy said.
The plane went down on a wooded and brushy hillside two miles west of Airport in the Sky about 3:15 p.m., said an airport official. The plane lost power after takeoff, said sheriff’s Deputy Hal Grant.
A man and a woman, the only two on board, died at the scene, Grant said.
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