Facebook is currently suffering from a power outage at its Palo Alto home office, and the outage appears to be linked to a small but fatal plane crash that occurred earlier this morning in East Palo Alto.
Per local news outlets, a twin-engine Cessna with three people on board crashed into transmission lines 377 feet above ground in East Palo Alto. The plane exploded upon impact, the crash causing power outages in East Palo Alto and Palo Alto.
The plane crash took place shortly after launch around 7:50 a.m. local time, and the accident is being attributed to fog.
We can't say for certain that the crash and the outage are linked, but it's quite likely as tweets from Facebook and Brandee Barker confirm that the Palo Alto-based company is suffering from power outages. Facebook's website, however, appears to operating without a hiccup.
Update: It is now being reported that the three people killed in the crash were Tesla employees. It is not believed at this time that Tesla CEO Elon Musk was on the Cessna in question.
