Reports today are that investigators found that the operator sped up the train from 70 mph to over 100 mph one minute prior to entering the curve.
I personalty believe more now that this was a suicide attempt.
Amtrak Train Was Gaining Speed as It Approached Curve: NTSB
By M. Alex Johnson
Sumwalt said investigators had been able to piece together a timeline of the moments leading up to the derailment based on the train’s track image recorder, which is at the front of the locomotive.
One minute and five seconds before the recording ends, the train was traveling at 70 mph — and then it sped up, he said:
At 43 seconds before the recording ends, the train was up to 80 mph.
Twelve seconds later, it hit 90 mph.
And 15 seconds after that, it topped 100 mph, before engineer Brandon Bostian engaged the emergency brake.
“Mere seconds into the turn, we could see the train tilting approximately 10 degrees to the right and then the recording went blank,” Sumwalt said.
“Eight people were killed and over 200 were injured when Northeast Regional 188 derailed shortly after leaving Philadelphia’s 30th Street Station bound for New York. The National Transportation Safety Board revealed Thursday that the train had sped up from 70 mph until it reached more than 100 mph at a sharp bend where the maximum speed is supposed to be 50 mph.”
Obviously this guy had no concern at all for his fellow passengers and what it would do to their families. I’d say Capital Murder with a capital C. This one walks the line only because we don’t know the true state of his mind yet (bet the text messages and forensic computer examination will provide a lot of insight tho) It was a very selfish act without any thought given to the consequences and devastation it would cause for thousands of people connected to the people who died. No doubt a liberal Obama worshipping homonazi...