FAA investigators searching East Palo Alto crash for clues
EAST PALO ALTO -- Federal Aviation Administration investigators spent the night combing through the wreckage of an airplane crash in East Palo Alto -- in hopes of figuring out why the pilot hit a high-powered transmission line shortly after takeoff, killing himself and two passengers.
The airplane exploded into pieces and plunged into a residential neighborhood, hitting two homes.
Early reports indicate the pilot veered sharply to the left upon takeoff, when he should have been pointed the other way.
Crash scene investigators will study the airplane's black box, to determine if the pilot experienced equipment failure upon takeoff.
The three victims were employees of luxury electric car maker Tesla.
Meanwhile, yesterday's airplane crash in East Palo Alto knocked out electricity for every single home and business in the neighboring city of Palo Alto for nearly 10 hours.
It was the city's largest-ever total blackout.
Palo Alto runs its own, municipal utilities company, but receives it's electricity through PG and E transmission lines..
The airplane struck all three high-powered transmission lines feeding electricity into the city.
Schools remained in session, although students sat in the dark.
Stanford Hospital ran on generator power, and continued running despite the outage.
EAST PALO ALTO -- Federal Aviation Administration investigators spent the night combing through the wreckage of an airplane crash in East Palo Alto -- in hopes of figuring out why the pilot hit a high-powered transmission line shortly after takeoff, killing himself and two passengers.
