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>> reporter: now when hes say looking at the human factor theyre also trying to establish a time line about the engineer, brandon bastion more importantly, the time line employment records, raps what he was doing in the past 24 hours. hes already handed over his cell phone hes given a blood stamp and an initial interview. the ntsb says they have not yet had a chance to speak to him. they plan on speaking to him today or tomorrow as well as conducting several other interviews. in terms of examini...

Miles per hour zone. thats how fast the amtrak train was going when the derailment happened. investigators trying to figure out if excessive speed, or something else, like maybe faulty brakes or something else or human error, what really was the cause behind the crash. the philadelphia mayor, michael nutter, he thinks the train engineer is at least partly to blame. >> clearly he was reckless and irresponsible in his actions. i dont know what was going on with him. i dont know what was going on i...

Traveller traveled in 2014 alope. >> it is a disastrous mess and never seen anything like this in my life. >> the sharp turn had called for a speed of 50 miles per hour but by this afternoon the ntsb confirmed a speed double that. >> the train was traveling at approximately 106 miles per hour and three seconds later when the data to the recorders terminated the train speed was 102 miles per hour. >> causing many to question if the crash was due to human error. and jason carroll joins me now an...

For an entire accident. whether that will be enough to take care of the seven deaths of and all the injuries is too early to say. the litigation has to take place in federal court and it will be consolidated in a procedure. if its not enough then, of course the judge is going to have to figure out how to atlautllot the damages. >> they may go through that pretty quickly, depending on the findings here. >> you very correct. there are very serious injuries. i have no question that with speed invol...

>> you can actually see the metro link engine pushed inside of the passenger car. it must have been a very traumatic crash. >> friends and relatives rushed to local hospitals. some learning their loved ones were lost. >> one of my uncles is really injured. >> theres no word yet how or why this happened except to note the obvious. there is only one track here, and horribly both trains were on it. >> both trains were on the one track. what happened in that metro link commuter train crash in l.a. i...

Actually, we think that there is an option that is even brern have better than having a second person. and thats positive train control. its designed to protect against human error. if the error occurs, positive train control will kick in and control the speed of the train sgrp. >> weve been talking about that and apparently it was installed on metro north trains after people a died. so until were up to speed technologically, doesnt it make sense to have two people up front? >> well, weve certai...

That area generally. has absolutely no recollection of the incident or anything unusual. >> police now in the process of obtaining a search warrant of the engineers phone records to determine if he was distracted during the time of the crash. lawmakers and critics also saying even if human error is the cause, this crash raises issues about safety systems that still are not in place. and could have saved lives. who made this happen and why did it happen at all? lets get deeper into these question...

Would have died that this would have been hurt because the tracks themselves could have made a difference the software the controls on the tracks. explain that to me. >> youre certainly not leading me on this because positive train control is something that the ntsb has long recognized will save lives. so weve long called for it. >> why hasnt it been done as far as you know? >> well i think that would best be explained by the railroads and the federal railroad administration. >> it certainly has...

Error? or was there equipment failure involved as well? thats what the ntsb says. and then theres a concern about what we do know which is even if human error is the reason behind the crash of train 188, it still didnt need to happen if safety systems were in place that should be yet arent. lets get to cnns government regulations correspondent rene marsh drilling down on these all-important questions. rene. >> reporter: well chris, the ntsb saying very plainly yesterday that they felt strongly t...

Whatsoever of the events. im told his memory is likely to return as the concussion symptoms subside. >> so robert sumwalt was on with us a short time ago says his account is critical. how critical do you think it is figuring out what happened. without his account do you think they will be able to determine if he was at fault, really was just human error or what happened and why. >> oh, i think the ntsb will be able to figure out precisely what happened. they have many pieces of evidence at their...