Dive Brief:
- An executive of Morley Construction Co. in Santa Monica, Calif., said the company believes its CEO, Mark Benjamin, and his son, Luke Benjamin, a project manager, died in a plane crash Sunday night.
- A Cessna Citation twin-engine jet went off a runway after landing and hit a hangar at the Santa Monica Airport, causing a raging fire.
- Officials have not determined how many people were on the eight-passenger aircraft because it was buried under the collapsed building.
Dive Insight:
Morley Construction is a subsidiary of Morley Builders, based in Santa Monica. The plane had flown to Santa Monica from Hailey, Idaho, the airport that serves the Sun Valley area. Word of the Benjamins' suspected fates came from Morley Construction Vice President Charles Muttillo.
