{"id":481436,"date":"2026-10-01T09:10:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T09:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/481436\/"},"modified":"2026-10-01T09:10:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T09:10:08","slug":"2-killed-2-injured-1-missing-after-helicopter-crashes-off-california-coast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/481436\/","title":{"rendered":"2 killed, 2 injured, 1 missing after helicopter crashes off California coast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Oct. 1 (UPI) &#8212; A medevac helicopter with five people on board crashed into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Southern California&#8217;s Catalina Island, killing two people and injuring two others, while a search continues for the fifth person.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Los Angeles County Fire Department said in <a data-ylk=\"slk:a statement;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/LACOFD\/status\/2105544582239027583?s=20\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">a statement<\/a> that responders were dispatched to the helicopter crash at 7:53 p.m. PDT Wednesday, and recovered four victims from the water. The conditions of the two injured people were not mentioned.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;This remains an active scene with search-and-rescue operations continuing throughout the night,&#8221; LACOFD said in the social media statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The National Transportation Safety Board, which said it was investigating the crash, <a data-ylk=\"slk:identified;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NTSB_Newsroom\/status\/2105545456419742027?s=20\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">identified<\/a> the involved helicopter as a Eurocopter EC 135 P2, stating it went down near Avalon, Calif.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn said she had been informed of the crash, saying it occurred shortly after takeoff.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Search-and-rescue operations are underway and I am praying for everyone who was on board,&#8221; she said in <a data-ylk=\"slk:a statement;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SupJaniceHahn\/status\/2105509003677872432?s=20\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">a statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">LACOFD, the Los Angeles County Sheriff&#8217;s Department, Avalon Fire and the U.S. Coast Guard were participating in the search.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This is a developing story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Oct. 1 (UPI) &#8212; A medevac helicopter with five people on board crashed into the Pacific Ocean off&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":481437,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7,9,8,32604,13263,783,22996,137,13025,1009],"class_list":["post-481436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news","tag-catalina-island","tag-coast-of-california","tag-helicopter","tag-lacofd","tag-los-angeles-county","tag-national-transportation-safety-board","tag-southern-california"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481436","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=481436"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481436\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/481437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=481436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=481436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=481436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}