engineer brandon bostian who now says he ll sit down with investigators as early as today. meanwhile, the first lawsuit against amtrak alleges gross reckless conduct. it was filed bid an injured off duty employee who claims he was violently hurled inside the rail car and suffered brain trauma. investigators now say the train was accelerating for a full minute before the derailment. 43 seconds before the crash 80 miles per hour. 31 seconds before the crash 90. 16 seconds before the crash more than 100 miles per hour. i don t think that any common sense, rational person would think that it was okay to travel at that level of speed. the question did engineer brandon bostian realize he was speeding? was he distracted? his attorney insists he had turned off his cell phone and put it in his bag, but he doesn t remember the accident. in a statement, amtrak s ceo says amtrak takes full responsibility and deeply apologizes for our role in this
crash, of course, continues. oh, and by the way, the conditions there 30 mile per hour winds and more. it s raining, there s lightning, it s a very difficult recovery operation that is taking place now. now, to be clear about this the u.s. military is not now confirming any u.s. military dead and won t until they account for every single individual on that helicopter. and you mentioned a moment ago, jose that this helicopter was only eight miles from where it took off when it suddenly disappeared earlier this week. just eight miles. there have been hundreds of hours of air searches in that area under way and it took nepalese ground forces to find it on the side of the mountain, jose. jim mig laklaszewski thank you very much. we ll keep our eye out for that