Catalina Island’s airport is not equipped for night operations, but a plane took off after dark and crashed, killing everyone ...

As new reporting emerges that the pilot in the deadly Catalina plane crash, which killed five people, did not have clearance ...

An airport official says that the pilot in a Southern California plane crash that killed all five people aboard did not have ...

The pilot pre-arranged to land at the airport after operating hours, but did not pre-arrange to depart, according to the ...

Neighbors and loved ones of Ali Safai of West Hills, the pilot of the plane, remembered him as a "kind, old soul." ...

A Catalina Airport official told a local news outlet that the plane that crashed Tuesday night shortly after takeoff, killing ...

Officials reported passengers were on board the twin-engine turboprop plane plane when it crashed near Catalina Island's ...

A plane owned by a Santa Monica based flight school crashed on Catalina Island Tuesday night killing all five people aboard.

The pilot of a twin-engine plane was not given ... which arrived from Santa Monica to Catalina Island about 6:20 p.m. Tuesday, according to flight-tracking data. A statement released Wednesday ...

Five people are dead after a small plane crashed on Catalina Island off the California coast on Tuesday, officials said.