Identities Still Sought for Plane Crash Victims
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From Times Staff Reports
Authorities said Thursday that they were still trying to identify five people who died when a small plane crashed into a mountainside on Santa Catalina Island.
The twin-engine Piper Seneca took off from Long Beach Airport Wednesday morning and hit Mt. Orizaba as it tried to land in overcast weather, federal aviation authorities said.
Los Angeles County Fire Department officials said the badly burned bodies appeared to be three adults and two children.
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