Citation CJ2 Crashes at Santa Monica Airport
Santa Monica Airport is closed until further notice after a Citation CJ2 veered off the runway and collided with a hangar last night. (Photo: Matt Thurber)
Santa Monica Airport is closed until further notice after a Citation CJ2 veered off the runway and collided with a hangar last night. (Photo: Matt Thurber)

According to the FAA, a Cessna 525A Citation CJ2 veered off the right side of Runway 21 after landing at Santa Monica (Calif.) Airport at 6:20 p.m. PDT last night. The twinjet struck a hangar and was destroyed by fire. At press time, the FAA and NTSB did not “have information on the number of people aboard or their conditions,” though local news has reported that the sole-occupant pilot perished in the crash.