The Latest: No distress call from helicopter before crash
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on a fatal helicopter crash in Southern California (all times local):
12:05 p.m.
A federal investigator says there was no known distress call from a helicopter that crashed into a Southern California home, killing three people and injuring two others.
Joshua Cawthra, an investigator with the National Transportation Safety Board, said Wednesday the helicopter was headed to Catalina Island when it crashed in Newport Beach shortly after takeoff.
The island is southwest of Los Angeles.
The cause of Tuesday's crash remains unknown.
The helicopter's pilot was among the three people on board who were killed. A fourth person on board was injured, as was a man on the ground.