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And there was no brake application. whatever caused the crash, the engineer never saw it. investigators also discovered the signals on the track were green. >> the signals are controlled by a current that goes through the rail, and if the rail breaks, the signal will immediately turn red. so the signal didn't turn red. >> the bridge was originally built in three sections. the southern section was a 165-foot steel truss bridge. the center section, a single 140-foot steel girder, was originally designed to pivot so river traffic could pass through. the northern section was simply 192 feet of tra...

Our investigators will continue their on-scene work tomorrow, including interviews, inspections, and documentation gathering. with that i'd be willing to take few questions. >> was this human error or was this fault where braking systems that led to this derailment? >> the question is, was this human error or faulty equipment? the answer is, at this point in time, we can't tell. at this point in time the data is preliminary burt we can say here's what happened. we know speed and position and power settings and brake application -- we don't know if the brakes went to zero pressure because of a ...

Our investigators will continue their on-scene work tomorrow, including interviews, inspections and documentation gathering. with that, i would be willing to take a few questions. >> just to be clear, was this human error, or was this faulty braking system that led to this derailment? >> so the question is, was this human error or faulty equipment? the answer is at this point in time, we can't tell. at this point in time, the data is preliminary, but we can say here's what happened. we know speeds and positions and power settings and brake application -- we don't know whether the brakes went t...

And evaluation in the next few days. our investigators will continue their on-scene work tomorrow, including interviews, inspections and documentation gathering. with that, i would be willing to take a few questions. >> just to be clear, was this human error or was this faulty braking system that led to this derailment? >> so the question is was this human error or faulty equipment. the answer is at this point in time, we can't tell. at this point in time, the data is preliminary, but we can say here's what happened. we know speeds and positions and power settings and brake application. we don...

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