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CBS News
a day ago
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- CBS News
Monterey County plane crash kills all 3 on board
The United States Coast Guard said three people were recovered and found unresponsive after a plane crash in Monterey County on Saturday. The Monterey County Sheriff's Office later said the three were dead. Search and rescue crews recovered the three passengers on Sunday, the Coast Guard said. Just before 11 p.m., the Coast Guard Station in Monterey was alerted to a twin-engine Beechcraft that had crashed between 200-300 yards off Point Pinos. The Coast Guard said three people were on board. A boat and helicopter crew responded to the scene and located the Beechcraft. One person was found around 3 a.m., the Coast Guard said. The other two were found inside the aircraft later Sunday morning, officials said. According to the Coast Guard, the plane took off from the San Carlos airport. Pacific Grove Police said they received calls about the plane crash after 10 p.m. and were told it crashed near the coastline of Asilomar State Beach. One Pacific Grove resident said he heard a plane circling his neighborhood and then a loud thump about 30 seconds later. The Monterey County Sheriff's Office identified the three victims as 60-year-old Steve Eugene Clatterbuck of Salinas, 36-year-old James Vincent of Monterey and 44-year-old Jamie Lee Tabscott of Monterey. The office said in a statement that, "The family and friends of the deceased have expressed that they wish to extend their gratitude for the outpouring of support from the community. They ask for privacy during this difficult time." Pacific Grove Police, the Monterey Fire Department, Monterey County Sheriff's Office and San Mateo County Sheriff's Office, Cal Fire and the Coast Guard were all at the scene. The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the crash.
Cedar News
a day ago
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- Cedar News
Three Killed in Monterey Plane Crash off California Coast
Three people were killed in a Monterey plane crash over the weekend Three people were killed in a Monterey plane crash over the weekend when a small twin-engine aircraft plunged into the Pacific Ocean off the central California coast. The U.S. Coast Guard said emergency crews responded just before 11:00 p.m. on Saturday to reports of a Beechcraft aircraft crashing about 300 yards off Point Pinos in Monterey County. The Monterey County Sheriff's Office Coroner Unit identified the victims as Steve Eugene Clatterbuck, 60, of Salinas; James Vincent, 36, of Monterey; and Jamie Lee Tabscott, 44, of Monterey. According to flight tracking data from the Beechcraft B-95-B55 aircraft took off from San Carlos Airport at 10:11 p.m. and was last seen at 10:36 p.m. near Monterey, shortly before it went down. Investigators have not yet confirmed the cause of the Monterey plane crash, but federal aviation authorities are currently examining the wreckage and flight data. The tragic incident has left the local community in mourning, as officials continue search and recovery efforts and seek answers to what caused the deadly crash.
Daily Mirror
2 days ago
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- Daily Mirror
California plane crash: Three dead after plane crash sparks multi-agency search
The twin-engine Beechcraft, which originally took off from San Carlos airport and had three people on board, crashed approximately 200-300 yards off of Point Pinos Three people have sadly died after a small plane crashed off the California coast of Monterey County. The tragic incident happened late Saturday night at around 10.55pm when watchstanders at Coast Guard Station Monterey were informed of the crash. The twin-engine Beechcraft, which originally took off from San Carlos airport and had three people on board, crashed approximately 200-300 yards off of Point Pinos. A USCG helicopter, three Cal Fire rescue boats, and personnel from the Pacific Grove Police Department, Monterey County Sheriff's Office, San Mateo County Sheriff's Office, and Monterey Fire Department were among the multi-agency rescue effort. Flares flying into the air from the area around the plane disaster were seen on Saturday night in footage that KSBW was able to obtain to help search crews. The crash's debris has washed up on the shore and on rocks. An oxygen tank and pieces of metal that ended up down the coast were captured on camera during the incident. Witnesses have given their terrifying accounts of the moment the plane went down as the search continues. "I heard the plane flying low over my house last night, and then heard a loud pop," one woman wrote on Facebook. "Woke me up, sounded like a plane doing air show stunts over my roof then heard it hit," another chimed in. The official statement from the United States Coast Guard reads: "At 10:55 p.m. Saturday evening, watchstanders at Coast Guard Station Monterey received a relay from Monterey County detailing that a twin-engine Beechcraft, tail number N8796R, with three people on board had crashed approximately 200-300 yards off of Point Pinos. "Station Monterey launched a 29-foot Response Boat-Small crew, which arrived on scene approximately 15 minutes after notification. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector San Francisco also coordinated the launch of an Air Station San Francisco MH-65 Dolphin helicopter air crew for the initial aerial searches. An Air Station Ventura MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew was also launched to conduct a search at first light. "At 3:01 a.m. Sunday morning, the Monterey Fire Boat 12 crew located the first person on scene, unresponsive. At 5:56 a.m. a CAL Fire drone located the Beechcraft fuselage. The Monterey Fire Boat 12 crew then worked in conjunction with a commercial dive team to locate and recover the remaining two people inside the aircraft between 6:31 a.m. and 9:08 a.m., both found unresponsive." The identity of the people on board have not been made public. The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the cause of the crash.
UPI
2 days ago
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Coast Guard recovers 3 bodies following plane crash off California
July 27 (UPI) -- U.S. Coast Guardsmen on Sunday recovered three bodies from the Pacific Ocean after a small plane crashed off the California coast the night prior. The twin-engine Beechcraft airplane with three people on board crashed at about 10:55 p.m. PDT Saturday between 200 and 300 yards off of Point Pinos, Monterey, Calif. It had departed from San Carlos Airport on the San Francisco Bay. A search-and-rescue operation was launched involving local and state law enforcement assets and Coast Guard boats and helicopters, resulting in the body of one occupant being recovered at about 3 a.m. Sunday, the Coast Guard said in a statement. The plane's fuselage was then located shortly before 6 a.m. by a Cal Fire drone, with U.S. Coast Guardsmen recovering the bodies of the two remaining occupants of the plane at 6:31 a.m and 9:08 a.m. The U.S. Coast Guard called off the search later Sunday. The operation lasted a combined 13 hours with 346 miles of trackline searched over a search area of about 100 square miles, it said. The Monterey County Sheriff's Office late Sunday identified the victims as Steven Eugene Clatterbuck, 60, of Salinas, Calif., James Vincent, 36, and Jamie Lee Tabscott, 44. Both Vincent and Tabscott were from Monterey. "The family and friends of the deceased have expressed that they wish to extend their gratitude for the outpouring of support from the community," the sheriff's office said in a statement. "They ask for privacy during this difficult time." The cause of the crash is under investigation. The National Transportation Safety Board said on X it was investigating.
Hindustan Times
2 days ago
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- Hindustan Times
California plane crash: Two passengers found, one remains missing near Monterey
A private plane crashed off the coast of Northern California on Saturday, July 26. As per Newsweek, two of the three individuals on board have been found unconscious. One person remains missing. The Beech 95-B55 Baron aircraft had crashed in the ocean near Sunset Drive and Jewell Avenue in Pacific Grove at 10:40 pm local time on Saturday, as per flight radar data shared with KSBW. The private plane crashed around 10:40 pm local time.(Representative image/Unsplash) Also read: Southwest flight dives to avoid collision in California, passengers 'screaming', 2 crew hurt Monterey plane crash: What happened? The private plane left San Carlos Airport soon after 10 pm. It was set to land at the Monterey Regional Airport. The Beech 95-B55 plane was last seen near Monterey at 10:37 pm. The flight, labeled N8796R, had traveled almost 70 miles before it reportedly crashed about 200 to 300 feet off Point Pinos Lighthouse, a popular landmark. Witnesses claimed they heard the sound of an aircraft engine revving, as per CAL FIRE. The sound was followed by a splash in the ocean. A multi-agency response was initiated post the Monterey plane crash, with Pacific Grove Police, Monterey County Sheriff's Office, the Coast Guard, and CAL FIRE taking part. A helicopter and lifeboats were deployed minutes after the crash to search for the debris. The Beechcraft twin-engine aircraft has been found, United States Coast Guard (USCG) Petty Officer Ryan Graves told Newsweek. He added that multiple agencies are still searching the waters off Pacific Grove, near Monterey, on Sunday. The identities of the people on board have not been revealed. Also read: Russian plane with nearly 50 on board crashes in eastern Amur region, all feared dead Beech 95-B55 Crash to be investigated As per a People report, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will investigate the crash. The NTSB will also review the debris that washed ashore. The Monterey plane crash has drawn attention to private aircraft operations along California's coastline. There have been safety concerns associated with these operations, Newsweek reported. The incident has also highlighted the resources and coordination that are needed for air-sea rescue missions. FAQs Where did the Monterey plane crash happen? The Beech 95-B55 aircraft crashed 200 to 300 feet off Point Pinos Lighthouse in the Monterey Peninsula. How many people were on board the plane? Three people were on board the plane. One remains missing. Will the Beech 95-B55 aircraft crash be investigated? Yes, the incident will be probed by the FAA and NTSB.
