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Workers in this country has been well documented. i want to point out that metro north alone has 121 stations in seven counties in new york state and two counties in connecticut. you know, as a private pilot, i would ask do we know whos doing the maintenance? i know this is going to come out in the investigation, the ntsb is going to review all of that. im not sure what kind of regulations as far as time on engine are put on the rails or anything like that. but do we know whos doing the maintena...

This. they have informed us that it looks pretty certain that the tracks were okay. theyre still undergoing signalling, but preliminarily, looking at the signals, they were okay. so two choices. one would be human error on behalf of the engineer. the other would be mechanical error on the locomotive. and they will look thoroughly into that over the next few days and come up with a good answer. but its premature to blame anyone or anything right now. final thing, i guess, i would say is this. rai...

Our investigators will continue their on-scene work tomorrow, including interviews, inspections and documentation gathering. with that, i would be willing to take a few questions. >> just to be clear, was this human error, or was this faulty braking system that led to this derailment? >> so the question is, was this human error or faulty equipment? the answer is at this point in time, we cant tell. at this point in time, the data is preliminary, but we can say heres what happened. we know speeds...

I have never seen anything of this magnitude. >> temperatures rising into the 40s to keep the roads free of ice. >> special investigators are now at the scene of that deadly train derailment that happened in new york city over the weekend. this train barrelled off the tracks killing four people and injured dozens of others. the ntsb says their go team is considering speed and human error as possibilities in this tragedy which shocked commuters who ride this train every day. >> i heard a big boom...

Mcfarland who was in one of the cars toppled over. he was able to get out of bed and come to the phone. he is badly banged off and lost a lot of skin on his leg. he described glass braking off the windows and scraping metal seemed like it lasted forever. he said he couldnt sleep that night. that sound remained in his head. he took the line often and he felt like the train picked up speed, the turn comes around the harlem river where it meets the hudson river. we talk about the curve and speed. w...

And evaluation in the next few days. our investigators will continue their on-scene work tomorrow, including interviews, inspections and documentation gathering. with that, i would be willing to take a few questions. >> just to be clear, was this human error or was this faulty braking system that led to this derailment? >> so the question is was this human error or faulty equipment. the answer is at this point in time, we cant tell. at this point in time, the data is preliminary, but we can say ...

Heightened interest in positive train controls, high-tech systems using signals capable of detecting problems, slowing trains, even bringing them to a stop. congress mandated the systems by the end of 2015. all right. so, wolf, just last hour, when you were speaking to ntsb board member weener, he told me something that was not in the press meeting, that the train was going 60 miles per hour two minutes before the crash, also going 60 miles an hour before it approached that curve. that shows tha...

Air-drop orders at your door using drones? what could go wrong? experts tell us, a lot. im wolf blitzer, youre in "the situation room." federal authorities now confirm that a new york commuter train was going way too fast just before it hurdled arou hur around the curve. it was barreling down the track at 82 miles an hour into a 30-mile-an-hour curve. the question now -- was human error or mechanical problem to blame? with the crash that killed four people and injured dozens. cnns rene marsh i...

Cause of the crash. adding that the engineer, william rockefeller, who was slightly injured, is traumatized as well over the derailment and that the assistant conductor suffered eye injuries and a broken collarbone and the other crew members are said to be, quote, banged up but okay. crews have been working through the day with heavy equipment and cranes to get the toppled rail cars into an up right position so they can be moved out of here so repair work to the rail line can take place. investi...

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