Santa Monica Airport crash

Santa Monica firefighters look through burned debris at the back side of an aircraft hangar where a private jet crashed and burned Sunday evening.   (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)

Firefighters battle a blaze at Santa Monica Airport that began when a small jet veered off the runway and crashed into a hangar. The fire spread to two other buildings.  (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

A firefighter works to extinguish a fire in a collapsed airplane hangar at Santa Monica Airport that began when a twin-engine Cessna Citation crashed into it after landing Sunday.  (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

Firefighters work to extinguish a fire at the site of the plane crash at Santa Monica Airport.  (Ringo H.W. Chiu / Associated Press)

Firefighters work to extinguish fire at the site of the plane crash at Santa Monica Airport on Sunday.   (Ringo H.W. Chiu / Associated Press)

The wing of a plane is visible as firefighters investigate while continuing to extinguish a fire after a twin-engine Cessna Citation crashed into a hangar after landing at Santa Monica Airport.  (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)