New Details Emerge in Deadly Catalina Island Plane Crash Off Southern California Coast

New Details Emerge in Deadly Catalina Island Plane Crash Off Southern California Coast
Catalina Island Conservancy Airport Manager Justin Bollum looks out of the airport tower as U.S. Marines and Navy Seabees rebuild the mountaintop runway on Santa Catalina Island, Calif., on Jan. 25, 2019. Damian Dovarganes/AP Photo
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A new report from federal officials has revealed what happened leading up to a plane crash on a Southern California island that killed all five people aboard took off in the dark despite not having clearance to do so.

The twin-engine Beechcraft 95 crashed as it was attempting to take off shortly after 8 p.m. Tuesday from Santa Catalina Island’s airport near the city of Avalon, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.