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Plane Crash Kills Tesla Executives
Date: Feb.17.2010
A small plane taking off from the Palo Alto Airport flew into high-tension power lines and crashed this morning in a residential neighborhood in East Palo Alto, killing all three people onboard and damaging four homes, authorities said.
All three victims were Tesla Motors employees, said officials at the Palo Alto electric car company. The plane, taking off in a thick fog, clipped power lines connected to a 100-foot-tall tower at 7:55 a.m. and plummeted in several pieces onto a home day-care center, other houses and vehicles on Beech Street, said Harold Schapelhouman, chief of the Menlo Park Fire Protection District.
"Our thoughts and prayers are with them," said company CEO Elon Musk. "Tesla is a small, tightly knit company, and this is a tragic day for us." The plane was owned by Doug Bourn, a senior electrical engineer for Tesla. It was not known whether Bourn was onboard.
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