Edmond Haronian, a 50-year-old insurance broker from Woodland Hills, disappeared after a training flight from Catalina Island on Saturday, May 28, 2016. He was a student pilot nearing completion of his lessons and had flown to the island that morning with his flight instructor, 52-year-old Jason Glazier of Encino, in a single-engine Cessna 172. Haronian posted a picture to Facebook after arriving on Catalina. The return flight never reached Van Nuys Airport and no distress call was received.

Radar showed the Cessna flying north from Catalina and then tracking was lost about three minutes after takeoff, roughly five miles from the airport. A large search covered over 1,400 square miles; an oil slick was reported near the radar disappearance but no wreckage or sign of either man was found. The official search was suspended after more than 16 hours. Haronian’s family organized private searches, offered a reward, and later filed a wrongful death lawsuit alleging the instructor was unfit. A death certificate for Haronian was eventually issued, but the circumstances remain unresolved.

Did anyone on Catalina or along the flight path see the Cessna that afternoon or notice anything unusual that day?