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Search Underway for Plane That Vanished After Taking Off From Catalina Island

The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department shared a photo of the Air Rescue 5 crew searching for the missing aircraft on May 30, 2016.

The U.S. Coast Guard and the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department were searching Monday for a light plane carrying a student pilot and his instructor, which was reported missing after failing to return to Van Nuys Airport from a flight to Catalina Island. Nerissa Knight reports from Van Nuys for the KTLA 5 News at 10 on Monday, May 30, 2016.

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