Did they have to send divers down to recover the
black boxes?
The speed limit was only 70 on the stretch before the curve.
... on the cell phone AGAIN .....
All I’ve heard is someone mentioned the driver hit the brakes but nothing happened. Could be true or not. Don’t know.
Sounds like something went wrong with the Engineer. Either distracted by something, or who knows what?
That curve would be very hard to miss, since you come into it in a place by the river that really can’t be mistaken. It would certainly be a lousy spot to be on a cell phone or whatever.
When I commuted to New York in my last years at work, I came in along that track. And we always took that bit very slow—well before reaching the curve.
Look, it may have been faulty brakes, or the driver may have fallen asleep, or he may have been texting someone, but for now we have four dead Americans and at this point, what difference does it make?
Exactly what I said as soon as I heard about the accident. Guy was going too fast for the terrain. RIP, poor victims.
“The safety board said that interviews with the engineer, identified as William Rockefeller, began on Monday but had not been completed. Drug and alcohol tests had been conducted, though Mr. Weener said the results were not yet available. Mr. Rockefeller’s cellphone has also been recovered, Mr. Weener said.”
None of the cars ended up in the water. The lead car came close.
Unfortunately, I would guess the conductor fell asleep. Early Sunday morning after big weekend. Probably never saw it coming.
Hopefully, (for his sake) it was mechanical failure, but as another post said, he was over the speed limit by 12 miles per hour entering the sharpest turn on the route.
I’m surprised there are not automatic warning alarms on trains when they exceed speeds or are not slowing down appropriately. Hell, my $200 portable garmin navi knows the speed limits on every road I travel and my speed (on the navi) turns red when I exceed the posted limit. How this isn’t incorporated into these trains makes no sense.
It may or may not be true...no way to know.
On Fox News two hours ago was a Live interview with NTSB officials. I ask, why was that scheming scumbag chuckie schumer at the podium with the NTSB officials? He had nothing to contribute but that hideous scheming face of his.
Leni
Here hold my cell phone and watch this!
yeah, that Positive Train Control investment looks pretty cheap now, don’t it?
I wonder if the driver was taking on a cell phone? Or impaired?
Question: why is that train going 82 mph is a 30 mph zone?! It’s almost like a slower version of that derailment at Santiago de Compostela in northwestern Spain back in July 2013.
Kettle, meet Pot.
Pot, meet Kettle.
NTSB, you’ve qualified for the Captain Obvious Award!
Texting: that’s the first thought that came to mind.