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Amtrak Train May Have Been Struck Before It Derailed, Officials Say
New Yoirk Times ^
| May 15, 2015
| DAVE PHILIPPS and EMMA G. FITZSIMMONS
Posted on 05/15/2015 4:20:44 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey
PHILADELPHIA An assistant conductor on the Amtrak train that derailed on Tuesday believes she heard the engineer tell another regional train operator in a radio transmission that the train had been struck by something just before the accident, according to the National Transportation Safety Board.
At a news conference on Friday, Robert L. Sumwalt, the safety board official who is leading the investigation, said the F.B.I. had been asked to examine what he described as a fist-size impact area found on the lower left side of the trains windshield. Officials said that the F.B.I. had been called in because it has the forensics expertise needed for the investigation, but that it had not yet begun its analysis.
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TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: amtrak; amtrakinvestigation; derailment; philadelphia; train; trainwreck
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To: MeshugeMikey
Right. It was struck by some kind of projectile that made it accelerate to 106 mph in a 50-mph zone. WTF?
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posted on
05/15/2015 4:22:06 PM PDT
by
Alberta's Child
( "It doesn't work for me. I gotta have more cowbell!")
To: Alberta's Child
Good question. Very good question.
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posted on
05/15/2015 4:23:01 PM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
To: Alberta's Child
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posted on
05/15/2015 4:23:43 PM PDT
by
doc1019
(Blue lives matter)
To: MeshugeMikey
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posted on
05/15/2015 4:24:24 PM PDT
by
left that other site
(You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
To: MeshugeMikey
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posted on
05/15/2015 4:24:33 PM PDT
by
9thLife
("Life is a military endeavor..." -- Francis)
To: MeshugeMikey
The strike over putting firemen back in the engines will come later this year
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posted on
05/15/2015 4:25:04 PM PDT
by
bert
((K.E.; N.P.; GOPc.;+12, 73, ..... No peace? then no peace!)
To: left that other site
a high powered rifle drone
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posted on
05/15/2015 4:25:06 PM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
To: MeshugeMikey
Gotta protect the ‘crotch watcher’. Ruins the narrative.
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posted on
05/15/2015 4:25:21 PM PDT
by
RushIsMyTeddyBear
(The White House is now known as "Casa Blanca".)
To: MeshugeMikey
Why are they so invested in concocting a falsity, because the conductor is gay?
It makes no difference if something hit the train.
The train was going over twice the speed the curve in that part of the track was designed to handle. It was going to derail regardless if something hit the train first.
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posted on
05/15/2015 4:25:32 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: MeshugeMikey; Alberta's Child
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posted on
05/15/2015 4:25:44 PM PDT
by
2ndDivisionVet
(You can help: https://donate.tedcruz.org/c/FBTX0095/)
To: MeshugeMikey
It’s a simple math problem. At 106 mph the chances of hitting a random flying object are double what you could hit at 53 mph.
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posted on
05/15/2015 4:26:00 PM PDT
by
soycd
To: bert
Id hope so.
they either have to get it right or fold up their tents and call it a day
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posted on
05/15/2015 4:26:00 PM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
To: MeshugeMikey
Correction:
An ASSAULT high powered rifle drone.
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posted on
05/15/2015 4:26:11 PM PDT
by
left that other site
(You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
To: Alberta's Child
If something hit the front of the train, at best, it would have slowed it down a bit, not accelerated it.
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posted on
05/15/2015 4:26:25 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: MeshugeMikey
I’m not saying it was aliens.
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posted on
05/15/2015 4:26:46 PM PDT
by
SpaceBar
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Odd how we had aldready read about the impact of the projectile so far in advance of this “news” isnt it
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posted on
05/15/2015 4:27:13 PM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
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posted on
05/15/2015 4:27:21 PM PDT
by
magua
To: 9thLife
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posted on
05/15/2015 4:27:33 PM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
To: Alberta's Child
Right. It was struck by some kind of projectile that made it accelerate to 106 mph in a 50-mph zone. WTF? Damn that Superman and his practical jokes, it's all funny til the train derails and people die! I wonder what the next excuse for the engineer will be?
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posted on
05/15/2015 4:28:05 PM PDT
by
Mastador1
(I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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