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A single-engine Cessna airplane flipped after landing on the beach in Santa Monica, authorities said. The pilot and another occupant were taken to a hospital.

A former mayor of the California city of Santa Monica died after a plane he was riding in crashed in the surf on the city's beach this week. Rex Minter reportedly died shortly after the violent crash that occurred near the iconic Santa Monica Pier.

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A single-engine plane crashed Thursday just south of the Santa Monica Pier. The aircraft crash occurred in the 1800 block of Santa Monica Beach, the Santa Monica Fire Department reported. […]

A plane was seen overturned in the ocean after making an emergency landing on the beach south of the Santa Monica pier Thursday afternoon.

The investigation was continuing today into the crash of a single-engine aircraft just south of the Santa Monica Pier that killed former Santa Monica Mayor and Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Rex Minter.

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Mayor Gleam Davis announced that former Santa Monica Mayor was the passenger on the plane and passed away Thursday night.