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Broken rail would be the case because the entire train went off. it went straight off into the embankment and then down toward the water. it is amaze that more people didn't get killed in this given the speed at which this train was going. the governor earller saying the straight part of that track just before that curve, 70 miles per hour is the norm. and then it -- the trains are meant to slow down to about 30 miles per hour. can you tell us a bit about the braking system on these trains? that was something early that we heard that the conductor may have tried to apply the brakes and they ma...

Gold faush, who understands this situate quite well. what you have does it that seem like? >> it's interesting, the fact that there was no radio for any kind of help, indicates that it may have been pilot error, but the board is going to say very little this afternoon. it's protocol. they're going to talk about the g.o. teams. they will get the so-called black boxes, bring them back to washington. >> this was an airbus a-300. tell us about this plane. >> first of all, it's an old plane, but this plane was only ten years old. it's been in service since 1972. >> but this one was air acquired -- ...

Contained but there are missing of 40. maybe we have a hint of what happened here. rick, what do we know now? >> this is terrible story. the same weekend of the plane crash investigators are trying to get information from those so-called black boxes. data recorders just as in airplanes they collect information about the train's brakes, throttle position, the speed the train was traveling at the time of the accident. you can see the fireball here. this train was apparently parked unattended when it suddenly started rolling towards the downtown area. the owner of the company, montreal maine and ...

The tail was up in the air and it almost did a flip. i think it righted itself and came down on its belly. >> the top just totally, like, collapsed on a lot of people, so a lot of people were injured, yeah. >> everyone lined up out, out, out, like a military process. >> survivors of that deadly plane crash yesterday describing the horror, describing the aftermath. right now investigators in washington, d.c. are looking at the so-called black boxes, asiana airlines describes the pilots as a skilled veteran crew. we're expecting more from the ntsb in about an hour. an hour ago, san francisco gen...

Wreckage. they're going to know what happened probably in the next 48 hours but report they won't release that if there is anything they find that was significant in the aircraft itself that will probably do a quick snap shot to industry flying that equipment to let them know about it. but the final report won't come out until all is are dotted and t's are crossed. that could be up to a year. >> it would seem they might be able to glean quite a bit of information. do you think that is going to be one of the things they do first? >> i think absolutely they'll interview air crew first. and you k...