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Devastating new details have been released following a plane crash that claimed the lives of five adults on Tuesday.
In a shocking development, the small plane that crashed on Catalina Island in Los Angeles was not cleared for takeoff from the island's airport.
The twin-engine Beechcraft 95 departed the airport with five passengers and later crashed near the Los Angeles County coast at around 8 p.m., leaving everyone on board dead at the scene.
Since then, four of the five victims' identities have been revealed as 73 years old, Ali Reza Safai of West Hills, Haris Ali, 33, of Fullerton, Margaret Mary Fenner, 55, and famous arts manager Gonzalo Lubel, 34.
A Los Angeles County sheriff's investigator inspects the plane crash site on Catalina Island
Famous arts manager Gonzalo Lubel, 34, has been identified as one of the victims of the devastating accident
Identification of the fifth victim, a thirty-year-old man, is pending after family notification.
Of the five people on board Tuesday night's flight, four were passengers and the other were flight personnel, a preliminary report from the Federal Aviation Administration revealed.
The report also indicated that the accident happened during takeoff.
Flight records show the plane took off around 5:45 p.m. that day, and according to the National Weather Service, there were no thick fog warnings at the time.
The Avalon Sheriff Station was notified of a 911 SOS emergency from a cellular device at approximately 8:08 p.m. on October 8, following the plane crash.
Flight records revealed that the plane took off at around 5:45 pm on Tuesday. According to the National Weather Service, there were no thick fog warnings at the time. Pictured: Catalina Airport runway
The report also indicated that the accident happened during takeoff. In the photo: the trajectory of the fatal flight on October 8
The cellular device used to call the emergency “reported that the user's cell phone was involved in a collision with possible injury and provided a location such as GPS coordinates,” the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said.
Avalon Station deputies, the Los Angeles County Fire Department, Avalon Search and Rescue personnel and Avalon City Fire Department personnel responded to the scene and found wreckage of the aircraft approximately one mile west of the airport. from Catalina Island.
The National Transportation Safety Board and the FAA have since taken over the accident investigation.
“Part of the investigation will consist of requesting radar data, meteorological information, maintenance records and medical records from the pilot. NTSB investigators will look at human, machine and environment as the outline of the investigation,” said Jennifer Gabris, NTSB spokeswoman.
The agency said the probable cause of the accident will be released in one to two years.
The Avalon Sheriff Station was notified of a 911 SOS emergency from a cellular device at approximately 8:08 p.m. on October 8 following the plane crash.
Along with the wreckage, authorities also located the five victims who lost their lives in the accident, four of the five have already been identified.
Famed arts manager Gonzalo Lubel, 34, has been identified as one of the victims of the devastating accident.
Lubel's record label, Red Light Management, announced the artist manager's death in an Instagram post on October 8.
Tributes from artists and fellow executives are being shared in honor of Lubel, who is described by Red Light as “a kind individual” and “a friend to everyone he met.”
Lubel had worked for the label since November 2021 and lived in the Los Angeles area.
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