Page 38 - Assistant Conductor News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Philadelphia for us this morning. the fbi on the scene investigating the situation. any sense of what they're finding yet? >> reporter: we're hoping to hear more of the fbi's analysis expected to happen today. we know they are taking a very close look at a fist-sized circular mark located on the left-hand side of that windshield. investigators say it might be possible to be the result of some sort of projectile that struck the train prior to the crash. however, today there are new doubts about information that came from the train's assistant conductor. she told investigators she thought she he...

Date dated. specifically 188, fbi experts are in philadelphia to examine damage to the windshield. they are testing the idea that an object may have hit the train just before it derailed. we have the latest on that. >> reporter: good morning, here the we have seen the first trains go by in a sign that life is returning to normal but the investigation continues and the mystery has deepened. today the fbi is taking a look at a fist-sized circular mark on the windshield. the ntsb continues to investigate that the possibility that a projectile struck 188 prior to the crash. there are new doubts ab...

The ntsb says they found no evidence to back up an assistant conductor's claim she heard the engineer say train 188 had been hit. >> we've interviewed the septa engineer and he did not recall having any conversation between him and the amtrak engineer but nevertheless we do have this mark on the windshield the amtrak train and certainly want to trace that lead down. >> reporter: amtrak restored full service today along the busy northeast corridor. maneuvering the curve where 188 derailed without problems. technology called automatic train control is now in place to slow northbound trains befor...

Waiting to hear from the ntsb on that. we understand that they've called in the fbi to take a look at what they say is a fist-sized circular mark on the left-hand side of the windshield. they think it was there before the crash, but they don't know what caused it. they don't know how it got there. so they're leaning on the fbi for that forensic expertise. at the same time it appears they're beginning to discount or doubt the account of an assistant conductor that was on amtrak 188 that night. she told investigators she thought she heard the 32-year-old conductor brandon bostian tell the bostia...

Joining me now is national transportation safety board member robert some waul. you have given an assist at this point from the fbi, but the ntsb is really leading this up? >> yes, we have asked the tpheubfbi to come in and identify the expertise on the mark and we have gotten a lot done already and there is a lot more that needs to be done. >> how much credence do you give to the idea -- tell us if you have a sense of what the projectile might be a bullet or rock and how much creed kwrupbs do you give that that may have contributed or caused this accident? >> at this point, we want to chase t...