Catalina Island plane crash victims identified

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Catalina Island plane ****** victims identified

LOS ANGELES – The first images of the plane that crashed on

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, ******** all five people on board, have been released.

The LASD Special Enforcement Bureau shared the pictures on

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showing Air Rescue 5 deploying SEB Tactical Medics to assist with the recovery efforts.

The twin-engine Beechcraft 95-B55 crashed shortly after it departed from Catalina Airport in Avalon around 8 p.m. Tuesday, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.

Deputies say an iPhone sent the 911 **** emergency notification. It was equipped with ****** detection that alerted authorities that there had been a hard bump.

Crews went to the area where the alert went off and found the wreckage about a mile west of the airport. All five people were declared ***** at the scene.

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According to FAA records, the plane was registered to Ali Safai, 73, of West Hills, who was previously a flight instructor at now-defunct Santa Monica Aviation based at Santa Monica Airport.

“He was a pilot. He taught people. Wonderful human being. Great father. It’s very sad. You see this on the news. You never think it’s going to be your neighbor. And this is just horrible,” a friend said.

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The other four victims have been identified as Ali Haris, 33, of Fullerton; Margaret Mary Fenner, 55; and two men both in their 30s.

The cause of the ****** ******** under investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board.

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