(SANTA MONICA, Calif.) — A Los Angeles County Coroner’s official says four bodies have been found inside the wreckage of a private jet that crashed into a hangar and burst into flames while landing at a Southern California airport.
Investigator Betsy Magdaleno says a crew is working early Tuesday to extract the bodies from the charred remains of the twin-engine Cessna 525A.
She says it’s too soon to tell if they are male or female.
The plane crashed Sunday night after arriving from Hailey, Idaho.
Mark Benjamin, CEO of Santa Monica-based Morley Construction, and his son, Luke Benjamin, a senior project manager with the company, were believed to be aboard the aircraft.
Benjamin spent time in the Sun Valley area of Idaho since his youth and served on the board of directors of the Idaho Conservation League, according to the executive director of the organization, Rick Johnson. He described Benjamin as “an extraordinary, thoughtful businessperson who brought a lot of passion and energy to our organization.”
Johnson said Benjamin typically piloted a plane between the two states but did not know if he was at the controls Sunday.
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