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3 Tesla workers die in E. Palo Alto plane crash

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Re: 3 Tesla workers die in E. Palo Alto plane crash

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

You sort of answered your own question there. Just looks like pg changed the article source to one with more detail.

Ah, I see. Guess I wasn't familiar with the HN editing procedures. Shame the comments were lost though...

I think the comments can still be accessed here :

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1132211

Re: 3 Tesla workers die in E. Palo Alto plane crash

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post #5

What happened to the old article that was just here? It seems the points remain but the comments are all gone. Also, it's been reposted by pg...

You sort of answered your own question there. Just looks like pg changed the article source to one with more detail.

> Just looks like pg changed the article source to one with more detail.

And one which does not read like trying to turn a tragedy in to an attack piece on Tesla Motors. That's got to be a new journalistic low.

Re: 3 Tesla workers die in E. Palo Alto plane crash

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What happened to the old article that was just here? It seems the points remain but the comments are all gone. Also, it's been reposted by pg...

Arbitrary killing of posts and comments by editorial fiat is a storied HN tradition.

But this is not one of those instances, I'm all for what happened here.

Re: 3 Tesla workers die in E. Palo Alto plane crash

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As sorry as I am for those who are affected, I just do not see the relevance for this site. People die every day. People in startups die every day. Is this special because it is in the news, because it was a spectacular death?

Actually I find it highly questionable to draw attention to these kinds of incidents.

Re: 3 Tesla workers die in E. Palo Alto plane crash

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post #14

As sorry as I am for those who are affected, I just do not see the relevance for this site. People die every day. People in startups die every day. Is this special because it is in the news, because it was a spectacular death? Actually I find it highly questionable to draw attention to these kinds of incidents.

Well despite being a very sad event, it affects many people here - Power is out all over Palo Alto.

Re: 3 Tesla workers die in E. Palo Alto plane crash

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post #15
post #14

As sorry as I am for those who are affected, I just do not see the relevance for this site. People die every day. People in startups die every day. Is this special because it is in the news, because it was a spectacular death? Actually I find it highly questionable to draw attention to these kinds of incidents.

Well despite being a very sad event, it affects many people here - Power is out all over Palo Alto.

Ah, now I get it. Palo Alto = Silicon Valley. Ok, that explains the attention.

Re: 3 Tesla workers die in E. Palo Alto plane crash

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post #14

As sorry as I am for those who are affected, I just do not see the relevance for this site. People die every day. People in startups die every day. Is this special because it is in the news, because it was a spectacular death? Actually I find it highly questionable to draw attention to these kinds of incidents.

A few days ago, one of the top threads was "Crime in America keeps going down, yet the American public refuses to believe it"

It's very much a human thing, getting shocked about relatively small but vivid tragedies.

Re: 3 Tesla workers die in E. Palo Alto plane crash

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What happened to the old article that was just here? It seems the points remain but the comments are all gone. Also, it's been reposted by pg...

The other article was tripe. People were upvoting based on worthiness of the story, not on the particular writing at the original site. Now everyone can read actual facts and come up with their own opinions.

Although it should be noted that much of the editorialized parts of the story seem to have been added quite a bit after it was submitted. The article is currently 2-3x as long as when I first read it. At least don't blame the OP.

Re: 3 Tesla workers die in E. Palo Alto plane crash

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I see two possibilities: pilot loss of control due to disorientation caused by IMC conditions and subsequent powered flight into the ground or an engine failure. A loaded Cessna 310 has very poor climb performance with a single engine running. Probably an engine failure is the likely cause with the poor weather inhibiting the pilot's ability to make an off runway landing in the marsh.
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