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On
November 13, 2001, at 6:38 p.m., Santa Monica Fire Department and
Santa Monica Police Department responded to the Santa Monica Airport
regarding an airplane crash. When
firefighters arrived on scene, they found a fully involved airplane at
the end of the runway. The
fire was extinguished using the aircraft rescue vehicle. Once the fire was extinguished, firefighters located two
deceased victims, one male and one female.
The
airplane had aborted its takeoff, slid down the runway, went over an
embankment and hit the guardrail.
The airplane is described as a 1978 Twin-engine Cessna 340A.
The
victims have not been identified.
The National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal
Aviation Administration are handling the investigation.
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