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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...

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...

Of the photo and investigation. his attorney said a head injury may have erased vital clues. he doesnt remember anything. families in limbo. frantically searching for loved ones that have disappeared since the crash. lets start with the investigation and latest insights from the attorney representing that train engineer. krmpbs s cnns live. >> reporter: thats right. the man that could potentially provide vital clues as to why the train was traveling more than double the speed limit that tragic...

If it seems like something is wrong, if the train seems to have not noticed a signal or if the train is speeding, right? if the train engineer doesnt respond to that signal, positive train control can override the human. override that locomotive engineer and automatically slow the train down or stop the train by remote control. this sort of system does require equipment upgrades to trains, it requires putting a lot of basic train infrastructure on the grid it requires some gps technology. but, y...

The case of the metro north crash of 2013, and at least preliminarily, it appears that the cause was the same. it appears that what caused the derailment was the train traveling at a very high rate of speed into a sharp curve. we do not yet know why that happened last night in philadelphia in this derailment that claimed seven lives already and may have claimed more. the ntsb determined that the arent train engineer was speeding at more than 80 miles an hour, going into that 30 mile an hour curv...

Faces and people were really injured. they were thrown out of their seats. >> a lot of people coming together to help out on this this morning after they started to sort through evidence. they will be using the social media accounts and witness statements to peaceiece together the entire event. >> 20 amtrak derailments last year. according to the railroad administration there were more than 1700 train accidents in 2014 total which were not amtrak trains. some were champs in february a commuter t...

Crashes is theyll sometimes surprise you. the cause will sometimes surprise you. back in 96, there was a new jersey transit train that ran a red signal and they figured that the engineer who had this odd overnight shift probably fell asleep everyone thought, we should have these guys working fewer hours. the national transportation safety board went through the dead engineers medicine cabinet. he was killed a couple passengers were killed hundreds were injured. they went through his medicine cab...

Black box. and cnn has learned investigators are seriously considering whether excessive speed could have caused the accident. the amtrak train is believed to have been traveling in excess of 100 miles per hour as it approached a turn where the speed limit was 50. according to a source briefed by investigators. one passenger tells cnn, the train did appear to pick up speed right before the jolt. >> it felt like we sped up a little bit at first as if we were almost going around a curve. >> report...

Of them happening recently. this tragedy in philadelphia is one commuter rail to make headlines recently around the world. lets walk you through some of them. take a look at this. this was the scene just last monday in mexico city near the international airport after two metro trains collided. an investigation there found that quote, double human error on the part of the train operator caused that crash that left at least 12 people injured. back here at home we all remember this from february 24...

Of harms way. >> he was stunned. >> i was like, holy cow, this just happened. >> his father is on the other side of the tracks and checks on the truck driver. >> i seen the truck driver and i asked him if he was okay. he said he was okay. he didnt have a lot to say at the time. i reckon he was trying to figure out what happened. >> the train engineer is also unharmed. the heart-stopping incident doesnt stop him from watching trains with his dad and recording them. >> to this day, im still videoi...