{"id":481644,"date":"2026-10-01T14:26:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T14:26:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/481644\/"},"modified":"2026-10-01T14:26:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T14:26:13","slug":"deadly-medical-helicopter-crash-off-california-sparks-search-for-missing-person-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/481644\/","title":{"rendered":"Deadly medical helicopter crash off California sparks search for missing person"},"content":{"rendered":"

LOS ANGELES (TNND) \u2014 Two people were killed and two others were hospitalized after a medical helicopter crashed Wednesday night into the ocean near Catalina Island off Los Angeles County.<\/p>\n

Rescuers continued searching Thursday for a fifth person believed to have been aboard the aircraft, according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department.<\/a><\/p>\n

Emergency crews were called shortly before 8 p.m. near Pebbly Beach, about a mile from Avalon, and pulled four people from the water. Two were pronounced dead at the scene, while the other two were taken to mainland hospitals in stable condition.<\/p>\n

\"California<\/p>\n

California medevac helicopter crash Oct. 1, 2026 (KCAL, KCBS via CNN Newsource) <\/p>\n

The helicopter, operated by REACH Air Medical Services, crashed shortly after taking off from Catalina, Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn said on X<\/a>. The company confirmed one of its aircraft was involved.<\/p>\n

In a statement to CBS Los Angeles<\/a>, a spokesperson for REACH Air Medical Services said the company was aware of the crash. \u201cOur immediate concern is for the well-being of those involved,\u201d the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n

County firefighters and lifeguards responded alongside the U.S. Coast Guard, the Los Angeles County Sheriff\u2019s Department and Avalon Fire Department. <\/p>\n

Authorities said the helicopter was submerged in about 240 feet of water off the island, about 22 miles from the Los Angeles County mainland.<\/p>\n

The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating. Authorities have not said what caused the crash or released the identities or roles of those aboard.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LOS ANGELES (TNND) \u2014 Two people were killed and two others were hospitalized after a medical helicopter crashed…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":481645,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7,9,8],"class_list":["post-481644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-california","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481644","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=481644"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481644\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/481645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=481644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=481644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=481644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}