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at this point you ve gotten results from the black box. it s really a data recorder isn t it? it is indeed. it s a black box. there are really two sources of information forward-facing video camera which we ve looked at. and also the event recorder. so we ve obtained data from each of those. when you look at the locomotive powering this train, and we are talking about a train increasing tens of miles per hour in the course of the final minute, what would it have entailed for the train to do that? would this have been operator error? is this something that would have taken a lot of purposeful action? it seems looking at other locomotive engines it would indeed, this isn t even a one-step process. that s right. the only way that an operable train can accelerate would be if ....
Spinal injuries. his attorney says amtrak is to blame whether it was operator error or mechanical failure. he s seeking at least $150,000. a california man is facing charges for flying a small drone near the white house. drones not allowed anywhere in the nation s capitol. it s a no drone zone and the incident comes after a series of security concerns there. abc s pierre thomas with this story. the threat of another drone flying onto the white house grounds led to a massive response from authorities. including hazmat teams and a lockdown at the nation s most famous address. the drone was flying here in lafayette park about 100 feet in the air. the secret service detained the man flying it. they say it never made it over the white house fence. they chased him. it was a dog that kind of put him down. then they put him in handcuffs. a short time later authorities discovered this tiny drone about a foot long equipped with a camera sand controlled by a tablet. ....
His attorney says amtrak is to blame whether it was operator error or mechanical failure. he s seeking at least $150,000. a california man is facing charges for flying a small drone near the white house. drones not allowed anywhere in the nation s capital. it s a no drone zone and the incident comes after a series of security concerns there. abc s pierre thomas with this story. the threat of another drone flying onto the white house grounds led to a massive response from authorities. including hazmat teams and a lockdown at the nation s most famous address. the drone was flying here in lafayette park about 100 feet in the air. the secret service detained the man flying it. they say it never made it over the white house fence. they chased him. it was a dog that kind of put him down. then they put him in handcuffs. a short time later authorities discovered this tiny drone about a foot long equipped with a camera sand controlled by a tablet. but small or not, the secret service an ....
Many lives with such dangerous speed? we certainly are looking forward to the opportunity to interview him. we are so glad that we will have that opportunity in the next few days. the engineer has agreed to talk with the ntsb investigators, but according to his lawyer, he doesn t remember much about the accident or the moments that led to it. he did suffer a concussion in the accident. in philadelphia, for abc news, i m jim dolan. and amtrak is facing its first lawsuit stemming from the crash filed by one of its own employees. dispatcher bruce phillips was in the last car heading home from philadelphia to work in new york. he remains in the hospital after suffering a concussion, brain trauma and spinal injuries. his attorney says amtrak is to blame whether it was operator error or mechanical failure. the rail safety issue sparked a bitter dispute on capitol hill. after the house republicans cut amtrak s budget for next year, house speaker john boehner lashed out at a reporter ....
Are there possible mechanical reasons a train would be going at that speed into a curve, independent of operator error? we want to look at that. we want to look at the operator the mechanical condition of the train. we want to look at the signal. we want to take a holistic approach to understand why this train ended up in the situation that it did. when you look at the crash site as i did in a helicopter today, the physics are pretty apparent. you guys don t have a lot of mystery in terms of what happened. how did it get to that speed? yes. let me ask you a legal question. my understanding is that the nature of the law, the ntsb can legally compel testimony from people involved in crashes, including in this case the engineer, they cannot that testimony cannot be used later in any sort of criminal proceedings? i m not an attorney. i m under the impression someone does not have to testify to us. ....