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Small plane crashes onto Santa Monica beach
A single-engine aircraft crashed Thursday just south of the Santa Monica Pier.
SANTA MONICA, Calif. - Dramatic video captures the moments a small plane makes a dangerous landing in Santa Monica.
In the video, shared by TNLA, the small aircraft is seen flying not too far from visitors at the Santa Monica Pier. The small plane then crashed onto Santa Monica State Beach.
SkyFOX was at the beach minutes after the crash, with the small plane already flipped upside down.
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Small plane makes emergency landing on Santa Monica beach
SkyFOX is over the Santa Monica State Beach after a small plane, now upside down, made an emergency landing.
The passenger, later identified as Santa Monica former mayor Rex Minter, was killed at the scene. The pilot was hospitalized in unknown condition.
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Former Santa Monica mayor dies in plane crash
Rex Minster, a former mayor of Santa Monica, died Thursday after a small plane crashed on the beach.
It is unknown what prompted the pilot to make the emergency landing.