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Approximately 82 miles per hour as it went into a 30-mile-an-hour curve. >> new details this morning. the train that derailed in new york was traveling way too fast. but why? brake failure or operator error? happening now. vice president biden in asia at this hour landing right in the middle of an air space standoff between the u.s. and china. can he stop the escalation. breaking overnight. a surfer off the coast of hawaii attacked and killed by a shark. attacks there on the rise sharply thr...

The tracks in the bronx killing four, injuring many others. the speed limit on that section of track was 70 miles an hour. going to 30 miles an hour around the curve. it was going 82 miles an hour when it was supposed to be going 30. the ntsb found more. the brakes were applied just seconds before the train left the rails. the throttle also disengaged late in the process, leading many to wonder if this is mechanical failure or operator error? mary sciavo was involved in train derailment investig...

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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...

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 en...

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 were going to have another press conference with the ntsb a li...

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, ...

Welcome back to "the ed show." a morning train ride ended in tragedy yesterday morning. four people were killed and more than 60 others were injured when a metro north train went off the tracks sunday morning. national transportation safety board investigators now say the train was traveling 82 miles an hour approaching a 30 mile-per-hour speed restriction zone on the harlem river when it derailed. this is the third accident on the metro north tracks this year and the fifth involving an mta trai...

Critical broken bones. they are looking into whether the derailment was caused by track problems, equipment or operator error. the two black box retrieved could provide answers and are currently analyzed by ntsb in washington. what can we expect to learn? whats the latest on the investigation and what kind of information might we see coming out in the next day or two? >> reporter: you know, alex, those black boxes are critical to the investigation and data. a couple of things, how fast was the t...

Were applied, if they were, when. so that really should narrow it down. and again, if it was something that could be avoided or operator error. >> joining me now, nic robertson there at the scene of the crash. i know, nic, you were at the hospital this morning. lets talk about specifically some of the injuries these doctors are seeing, and do we know yet how those four victims were killed? >> reporter: the details on how the four victims were killed specifically each one, its not clear at the mo...