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Passengers and crew members trapped inside after the engine and all seven cars derailed three turned on their sides, one nearly resting on its roof. >> it's a dangerous situation for responders and more dangerous for the riders down there. >> reporter: train 188 the washington to new york run, left its scheduled 9:07 p.m. stop at philadelphia's 30th street station headed north when at 9:28 p.m. the train derailed with such force it ripped the steel rails right from the tracks. the overhead electrical wires torn down. it happened at this curve on amtrak's heavily traveled northeast corridor. >>...

In delaware. he says it is being analyzed for information. they are looking methodically at this. the ntsb authorities say what they are looking for, these things jose the mechanical investigators are going through this they are looking for information about the tracks performance of the train, electrical power of the train, also train speed and what was the speed of the train going around that curve. in addition, he said there's also a video camera that was in the engineering portion of the train, you know that engine separated completely from the rest of the cars. he said they will be going ...

Rather than exclusively letting it fly the airplane. the thing to remember is that no matter what happens, it's still an airplane, and pilots still need to be able to fly the airplane. >> reporter: and if you think asiana was a freak occurrence, think again. another one happened just in england. that's why experienced pilots like captain keith walsinger says -- >> the pilot should have his hands on the throttle itself. you have a feel for where the throttle position should be. >> reporter: we don't have definitive word yet on what caused the asiana crash, but

Rather than exclusively letting it fly the airplane. the thing to remember is that no matter what happens, it's still an airplane, and pilots still need to be able to fly the airplane. >> reporter: and if you think asiana was a freak occurrence, think again. another one happened just in england. that's why experienced pilots like captain keith walsinger says -- >> the pilot should have his hands on the throttle itself. you have a feel for where the throttle position should be. >> reporter: we don't have definitive word yet on what caused the asiana crash, but it's spurring deeper discussions

Hand on the throttle itself, whether it's being controlled by the auto pilot or by the pilot manually. you have a feel for where the throttle position should be. >> reporter: these hearings will not get to the bottom of what caused this crash. that's not really their purpose. this is more of a general investigation. but the investigation itself is already spurring serious discussion about accountability and passenger safety and making sure that computers help pilots fly planes, not the other way around. wolf? >> tom foreman, thanks very much. let's get more with michael goldfarb. how much of a...