Rescuers arrived to find the plane lying on its back on the Santa Monica shoreline at Ocean Front Walk.
A small airplane carrying two people was caught on camera crash-landing in front of dozens of beachgoers on a California beach Thursday afternoon.
The plane landed upside down on Santa Monica Beach just after 3:15 p.m. and both people aboard were hospitalized, authorities said.at Santa Monica’s Ocean Front Walk shows the plane fly past the famous pier while quickly dropping altitude above sunbathers dipping their feet in the water. The plane forcefully lands in the shallow waters and its tail bounces over the nose before coming to an immediate landing on its back, the video shows.
When rescuers arrived, the plane was found lying on its back, a Santa Monica fire department spokesperson said.The plane crash-landed on the beach and flipped onto its back.The two people aboard the plane were trapped inside and extricated from the wreckage, authorities said. They were taken to an area hospital, though their condition is not known at this time.
The plane crash-landed near Venice Beach’s basketball and tennis courts on the 1800 block of the beach, according to
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