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• Dave Collins
A Reach Air Medical Services helicopter crashed into the Pacific shortly after takeoff from Catalina Island, killing two crewmembers and a patient. Police divers recovered the patient’s body from the wreckage, which came to rest in about 240 feet of water; two others survived with injuries.
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A Reach Air Medical Services helicopter crashed into the Pacific shortly after takeoff from Catalina Island, killing two crewmembers and a patient. Police divers recovered the patient’s body from the wreckage, which came to rest in about 240 feet of water; two others survived with injuries.
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The pilots of 21 Air Flight 7598 were unaware of potentially strong tailwinds and touched down nearly three-quarters of a mile beyond Miami International Airport’s Runway 30 threshold, leaving only 930 feet when the captain attempted to reject the landing. Five people were killed.
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A REACH Air Medical Services Airbus H135 carrying five people crashed into the Pacific off California’s Catalina Island. Two occupants died, two survivors were hospitalized in stable condition and one remained missing; the helicopter came to rest in about 240 feet of water, with the NTSB investigating.
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