locomotive has been put back on, which is the heaviest piece of equipment. now they re putting on cars. the ntsb has started their investigation. we are very much awaiting that. we want to find out what the spec cause of the accident was to see if there is anything we can learn from it to make sure a tragedy like this doesn t happen again. now, obviously, to those who don t know, with refamily. so we have been talking about this a lot. yesterday you hurried down to the scene. there was talk immediately. maybe it was the curve. maybe it s an unsafe position. you have taken a different lean on that. what do you think the questions are to figure out why this happened? chris, they said there were three options, number one, it was a problem with the track, number two, equipment error. this rumor that the brakes on the train didn t work. or, number three, is just an operator error. this is at the point of it on the track, there is a turn, it s a sharp turn, but it s not just
rotating upright and investigators try to piece together what happened. one passenger telling cnn about the horiff blg moments inside the carriage as the train jumped the tracks. i wound up going kind of up one side, and then just rode into where i was technically on the ceiling. and when it landed, i fell to the side where the windows had been smashed out to the ground. all those windows had broken through, gravel and glass and those big rocks that line the track were flying into the windows. i managed to put my bag in front of my face, i don t even have any cuts, and once i stood up, i immediately was like, i still have my phone, it s shattered but it works, and i dialed 911. was it speed, was it failed brakes, operator error? that s what investigators are trying to find out. it was around 7:20 eastern time, the train here, carrying 150 passengers on its way to grand central terminal from poughkeepsie approached the
any conclusion, but speed and operat operator error are at the of the list. but the condition of the track is high on it the list as well. how will they begin the process? the conductor will be interviewed? but there could be underlying things as well? we may have eye witness saying they thought the train was going fast the event recorder will tell us that. but there are track specialist looking at the track and repairs. there is a whole litany that happens and they come together at the end. they go through the process and the process has been used since
hudson rivers. new york governor andrew cuomo talked about the factors that could have caused the crash early this morning. there were three possibilities. that there was a problem with the track. there was quote, unquote equipment failure on the train itself, or operator error. that the engineer of the train, who was a long-time engineer made a mistake where human beings that could happen also. reporter: and we understand that we re going to have another press conference with the ntsb a little later on today. and we may find out the speed factor sometime today as well. martha? martha: it will be such an important element obviously, laura. but the personal side as we start to find out a little bit more about the victims of this crash, tell us. reporter: yeah. they are heart-breaking details indeed as we find out who was on the train and where they were going. it is sort of thing you would imagine on thanks giving weekend, a very special week end for so many. we want to go through
after righting the toppled rail cards. investigators are continuing to interview passengers and crew members. we heard the engineer is expected to be interviewed today. the ntsb spokes person could not confirm. that there is a signals time and survival factor team and look in every aspect that killed four and injured 60 and several people in critical conditions in the new york hospital. andrew cuomo said the damage is much worse than it looks from the pictures. there are three possibilities, a problem with the track or equipment failure or operator error, that the engineer of the train who was a long- time engineer made a mistake, where with human