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miles per hour in the moments before the crash. we are learning that amtrak was months away from installing a safety system. we have brian todd with the latest from philadelphia. >> reporter: good morning, christine. details on the investigation of the train derailment this morning from the ntsb. they say the engineer of the train brandon bostian has agreed to be interviewed by ntsb officials. some new data from the train that ntsb officials were giving us. they analyzed the forward facing camera. it captured images of the train up until a few moments before the derailment. that captured the train's speed and officials told us the build up of speed until just before the end of the recording. that end of the recording came before the train derailed. it showed 16 seconds before the
end of the recording, the train's speed exceeded 100 miles an hour. they have done checks to the signals and controls and track from before the accident. they checked the mechanical inspection records up until the departure of the trip. officials say they found no anomalies in the reports. they say a vehicle drove over the section of the track for a visual check the day before the trip and found no anomalies. they checked the signals around the track. so far, they have found no anomalies. christine. >> brian, thank you for that. friends and colleagues of engineer brandon bostian are speaking out in his defense. xavier bishop worked with bostian as his flagman. bishop said he was consciousous. he says he never saw bostian take a drink or use a cell phone
wreckage doesn't look good. the three bodies recovered were burned and not a good sign. again, until we know for sure there will be hope perhaps somebody was able to survive and they will scour the area until they know exactly what happened. all eight of the people who were on board. >> will ripley on the phone with us from kathmandu. he was on the tarmac. they moved him away. that is the one place they are taking off from to try to bring things back from that area. we will check in with him again for new information in a bit. new information on the crash of amtrak 188. the engineer driving the train has agreed to be interviewed by the national transportation safety board. 32-year-old brandon bostian was at controls when the train derailed in philadelphia killing eight people and injuring more than 200. officials hope brandon bostian can answer the remaining questions. an among them why the train accelerated from 70 to over 100
derailed in philadelphia killing eight people and injuring more than 200. officials hope bostian can answer the remaining questions. among them why the train accelerated from 70 miles an hour to over 100 miles an hour in the moments before the crash heading into the curve. we are learning that amtrak was just months away from installing a safety system that would prevent the deadly accident. cnn's brian todd is in philadelphia. >> reporter: good morning, christine. we have details on the investigation of the train derailment this morning from the ntsb. they say the engineer of the train brandon bostian, has agreed to be interviewed by ntsb officials. that will occur in the next few days. data from the train that officials are giving us. they analyzed the forward facing camera which was in the locomotive of the train. it captured images of the train before the derailment.
the crumbled homes waving hoping we can pick them up. that is what these heros were doing. trying to help people. they have been added to the victims of the tragedy here in nepal. we got a new death toll. more than 8,400 people have died in the strong earthquakes. we can add three others on the helicopter to the list. >> at least. will thank you for that. important to remember one of the major roles of the u.s. military is disaster relief. something we do routinely. there's military training budgets so people can be out there trying to help around the world when needed. so sad when helping leads to the fatality fatalities. thank you, will. new information this morning on the crash of amtrak 188. the engineer driving the train agreed to be interviewed by the ntsb. 32-year-old brandon bostian was at the controls when the train
bishop describes bostian as consciousous. he says he never saw bostian drink or drive a train when he wasn't ready. >> he was on point. if there was something he didn't know he knew who to call to get information. he didn't come off as i know it all or i know everything. if he wasn't 100% sure he would call and make sure that he got the proper information because he wasn't going to do anything and i'm going to assume. he was thorough. >> you mentioned we all know the speeds. we know the trip. we know the route. you know the curve is coming up. you are leaving philly and you have to go slow for a while. what i can't understand then is how can this guy who you traveled with on these tracks many times have gone into this situation so hot. >> again, that's the million dollar question. to be honest with you, i'm going
the system called the positive train control which defaults and kicks in and stops the train when it is going too fast that system was in place in the southbound side of the section of the track, but not on the northbound side which is where the accident occurred. the reason that positive train control is in place in the southbound side this spokesperson said is the trains going from new york south travel at a greater rate of speed. it has been a big controversy that the system has not been in place in the northbound system. the officials say if it had been then this accident would not have occurred. christine. >> brian todd great context. friends and colleagues of brandon bostian are defending him. xavier bishop worked with him as a flagman for some time. he doesn't work for amtrak anymore.