Officials waiting for crane to lift collapsed hangar off charred jet

Coroner's officials say they are still sifting through charred wreckage to determine how many people died in the crash of a small jet at a California airport. The plane veered off a runway at the Santa Monica Airport Sunday night and hit a hangar, setting both the jet and the hangar on fire, the Los Angeles Times reported Monday. The hangar collapsed, and two other buildings were damaged. The Cessna jet had a seating capacity for eight people. Officials said they were waiting for a crane to lift pieces of the hangar off the aircraft so they could determine the number of victims. "It was an unsurvivable crash," CNN quoted Capt. John Nevandro of the Santa Monica Fire Department as saying. Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Ian Gregor said the aircraft veered off the right side of the runway after landing at 6:20 p.m. PDT and slammed into the storage hangar, the Los Angeles Times reported. The plane had taken off from Hailey, Idaho. The jet is registered to Creative Real Estate Exchange LLC. The real estate firm's website said the company is based in Alabama and Georgia. FAA records show the owner of the plane lives in Malibu, the Times said.