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The track itself. could be an equipment problem. or could it be operator error. the engineer of the train who happened to be an experienced conductor, he had operated this route many times before. he could have just made a mistake in coming to the turn too fast. 70 mile-per-hour speed limit up north supposed to be doing 30 miles per hour in the curve. so we want to know what it was because if there's any improvements to be made we want to make them. this is a very heavily traveled route. we want on time performance. but more than anything we want safe performance. that's why i'm glad the ntsb ...

The operator suggested that the brakes failed. normally two factors, they'll look at the track conditions or the speed of the train, operator error. and we'll wait for ntsb on that. they should have something later on this afternoon. then we turn towards cleaning up the site so we can have the service commence again. it's a very important line for us, and we want to get it up and running for tomorrow. >> i understand that there were three metro north workers on there. i don't know if their all operator or conductors and operators. do you know the condition of the operator himself or the other ...

The tracks in the bronx. 11 are in critical condition. andrew cuomo joins us. governor, what have you been told? the investigation is going on now. but so far, what have you been told about what possibly could have caused this accident? >> we're waiting for the ntsb to do their full investigation. the black box will be retrieved and that will say how fast the train was traveling and whether or not the brakes were applied, et cetera. but two basic factors. one is track conditioned a the second is the operation of the train itself. the track appeared fine. we're looking more tors the operation o...

And that is a difficult area of the track, but that doesn't explain this either. we are waiting for the ntsb to tell us exactly what happened. the trains have a black box on them similar to an airplane black box and that will give the speed of the train, whether or not the brakes were applied, and there was an earlier report that the operator suggested that the brakes failed. normally we look at the track conditions, the speed of the train, operator error, we'll look at the ntsb on that. we'll look at turning towards cleaning up the site so we will have the service smens again and that is an i...

Conductors told us that they seemed to fail. is that now in question as to whether or not he applied the brakes? that was a report that the operator stated that. i don't know whether that was an official statement. our first concern was getting the operator the appropriate medical attention. i heard the same report that they suggested that he had put on the bra kkes failed. so that is a possibility and there are others of course. track condition and operator error. and we'll wait for the ntsb and the black box report.