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Added on the 14/05/2015 05:09:03 - Copyright : Reuters - Next Media
An engineer used an emergency brake moments before Amtrak Train 188 derailed in Philadelphia on Tuesday night at more than 100 miles per hour, according to National Transportation Safety Bureau official Robert Sumwalt, as reported by NBC.
Investigators announced Wednesday the engineer driving the Amtrak train that derailed on May 12 in Philadelphia was likely not using his phone in the moments before the crash.
PHILADELPHIA — National Transportation Safety Board officials have asked the FBI to help investigate a report that a projectile may have hit an Amtrak commuter train before it crashed in Philadelphia last week, according to a New York Times report.
Amtrak Train 188 accelerated significantly In the minute before it derailed in Philadelphia on Tuesday night, the National Transportation Safety Board said Thursday.
An Amtrak train that derailed on Tuesday was not governed by an advanced safety technology called “positive train control” that could prevent high-speed derailments.
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