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A small plane lands on Catalina 's Airport in the Sky as the U.S. Marines and Navy Seabees rebuild the mountaintop runway on storied Santa Catalina Island in 2019.If you're enjoying this article, you'll love our daily newsletter, The LA Report. Each weekday, catch up on the 5 most pressing stories to start your morning in 3 minutes or less.
The airport closes at 5 p.m. and nighttime operations are not allowed as there is no runway lighting. But the aircraft landed at 6:20 p.m. and when it attempted to take off, it wouldn't restart since the battery had to be charged. Since charging the plane would take time, the airport manager told the pilots their post sunset takeoff would not be approved.
The aircraft hit a ridgeline around 1 mile southwest from the runway with the wreckage found about 450 feet west of where the initial impact occurred.
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