{"id":481256,"date":"2026-10-01T05:28:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T05:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/481256\/"},"modified":"2026-10-01T05:28:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T05:28:11","slug":"rescue-operation-underway-after-medical-helicopter-crashes-into-waters-near-catalina-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/481256\/","title":{"rendered":"Rescue operation underway after medical helicopter crashes into waters near Catalina Island"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Audio from emergency teams following a helicopter crash near Avalon on Catalina Island.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"KABC logo\" class=\"awXxV NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl CfkUa EknAv NwgWd \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1790832490_778_origin-kabc.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Thursday, October 1, 2026 5:20AM<\/p>\n<p>Follow ABC7 on Google<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">AVALON, Calif. (KABC) &#8212; A rescue operation is underway after a medevac helicopter crashed into the waters near Avalon on Catalina Island shortly after takeoff Wednesday night, officials said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The Los Angeles County Fire Department confirmed there was a Marine Search and Rescue operation underway, which began shortly after receiving a report of three people in the ocean around 7:53 p.m. off of Avalon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The Coast Guard&#8217;s Los Angeles Station later said at least 5 people had initially gone into the water following a helicopter crash and were helping with the rescue.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"hsDdd NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl vBqtr KrDt itslR zFTjo hakZw HlUVI \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/19894945_avalon-chopper-crash.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">No further details were immediately known.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The cause of the crash is under investigation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">This is a developing story. This article will continue to be updated as more information becomes available.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 KABC Television, LLC. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Audio from emergency teams following a helicopter crash near Avalon on Catalina Island. Thursday, October 1, 2026 5:20AM&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":481257,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[188699,48,52,51,47,50,49],"class_list":["post-481256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-188699","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=481256"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481256\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/481257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=481256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=481256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=481256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}