An electrical transmission tower was damaged when the plane hit 60-foot-high power lines in dense fog. Most of the city of Palo Alto -- 28,000 customers -- lost electricity for nearly nine hours after the plane sliced the transmission lines. (Paul Sakuma / Associated Press)
The crash site is cordoned off as investigators collect evidence. The plane’s fuselage was found tangled in wires. Although the plane’s flight plan permitted it to fly in inclement weather, there was only an eighth of a mile of visibility at the Palo Alto Airport an hour before the crash, authorities said. (Paul Sakuma / Associated Press)
Firefighters from the Menlo Park Fire Protection District who responded to the scene found a tangle of debris strewn over several homes. The fog was so thick that emergency personnel did not immediately spot the plane, which ricocheted off a retaining wall and slid into three parked cars, torching them. (Paul Sakuma / Associated Press)
