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In the u.s. would have to get just slightly more modern not like, you know hydrogen powered cars and jet packs and futuristically hypermodern stuff, just some basic systematic safety upgrades that would take advantage of the fact that we are now a society that has things like computing machines and gps. this is not the most high-tech stuff. what they mandated for the u.s. rail system is something called positive train control. a very basic avoidance system that reduces stupid operator error or a...

Out. the ntsb will hasten to add that. theres been a tremendous amount of effort today spent on -- really on the ground. the effort has been trying to look at exactly what might be happening with the train cars. might there be any victims under the train cars, in addition to that, trying to isolate and find all of those individuals who may have walked away from this crash scene uninjured, but then maybe went home, they decided there was no sense in going to the hospital. the big emphasis has bee...

Headed into that curve. an area called the frankfurt junction. locals call the frankford junction a notorious curve out here on the rails. the speed limit in this area just 50 miles per hour. at least seven people killed in the crash, including u.s. naval academy midshipman justin zemser, and gym gaines an associated press video software architect, he was 48. hospitals treated more than 200 people many of them hurt when other people or objects fell on top of them. >> this huge red suitcase just ...

Enforcement authorities. >> when you say the human beings involved that would imply both something that you know wasnt accidental, but potentially operator error in terms of the way the train was being driven? >> sure theres always handling that theyll take a look at making sure it was complied with making sure the operator was alert and was aware of what was going on so that would be one of those people they are going to want to talk to depending on their medical condition. >> one question for ...

800-523. 1901. >> is there a possibility it could be operator error? the tracks could be in the wrong position wrong color lights, something like that? >> weve seen that before. it could have been someone operating the train that made a mistake or fell asleep. weve seen that as well. we dont know. that will be a key focus of the ntsb. what was the condition of the people on board, the crew members. what were they doing at the time of the crash what were the conditions of the tracks. how fast the...

Off the track and then they pulled the locomotive off behind them. all of this is the physics of a crash like this. and this is why investigators knew from the very beginning that they had to look at this pattern of the wreck itself and the video and say, maybe this train was just going too fast. >> all right, tom. thank you very much. pretty incredible. it does remind everyone of that crash in spain, a very similar situation. coming in at a similar speed to a curve with the same speed limit. an...

Two years ago a metro north train derailed in new york after going into a curve at nearly three times the speed limit. right after the "today" shows jeff rosen showed us technology could have prevented it from happening. >> state-of-the-art collision avoidance technology. >> its called positive train control, or ptc. a sophisticated system of sensors on the rails and inside the locomotive even using satellites to track the trains movements and prevent many accidents caused by operator error. if ...

Important to them. theyll have an opportunity to take a look at the scene, collect some perishable evidence. do documentation and gather the recorders, both the event recorders and the video recorders that might be on board. >> absolutely. there are some passengers on the train that said there were announcements saying there was no air conditioning on the train due to electrical problems. some of those comments are coming in. is that something these investigations will look at as well whether an...

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