Amtrak Crash: NTSB Looking for Clues at Scene of Philadelphia Amtrak Derailment,National Transportation Safety Board specialists are at the scene of Tuesday night's dangerous Amtrak crash in Philadelphia where a "multi-disciplinary group" is searching for signs, authorities said today.
The preparatory center of the test is speed, authorities affirmed.
The NTSB said this evening said that preparatory information demonstrates the train surpassed 100 mph before the derailment.The accident happened at around 9:28 p.m Tuesday. Six autos upset and the motor differentiated from whatever remains of the train.
What Investigators Are Looking At
Going ahead, the NTSB will take a gander at different things: Tracks, train signs, train operation and the train's mechanical condition and human execution, said the NTSB's Robert Sumwalt.
The NTSB has effectively begun to recover recorders and get groups' preparation records, Sumwalt said. On the other hand, agents have not yet painstakingly recorded the destruction, Sumwalt said, as the inquiry and-salvage exertion "will outweigh our mishap examination."
"There are numerous specialists on call out there," Sumwalt said. "It's an overwhelming scene."
"We're going to go and deliberately begin gathering data - what was the train speed? What was as far as possible on that bend? That is a piece of our examination," Sumwalt said. "To precisely report that."
Discovery/Cameras
The train's black box - known as an occasion recorder - was recuperated from the train and is being broke down at Amtrak's operation focus in Delaware, Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter said at a news gathering today.
"We've quite recently arrived," Sumwalt included. "You have a ton of inquiries, we have a great deal of inquiries."
What's more, the NTSB will likewise take a gander at a forward confronting cam at front of motor that "could issue us a great deal," Sumwalt said.
Timetable
Looking forward, Sumwalt said dissecting the occasion recorders, brake applications, throttle applications, horn and ringer will be vital to the test into what happened.
Anyway, Nutter said the examination is continuous and will take sooner or later. He didn't offer an accurate course of events.
Deborah Hersman, a previous seat of the NTSB, said the examination will probably incorporate "securing the scene, assembling any perishable confirmation and doing a ton of documentation."
As indicated by Hersman, hints like secret elements and conceivable camcorders may furnish agents with critical data.
Different Trains
Specialists will likewise take a gander at all different trains that ventured to every part of the same segment of track - yet its the secret elements that will offer the best hints into what occurred, Hersman said.
"The secret elements will let them know things like pace, throttle position, braking. ... Anyway, likewise there are frequently internal and outward confronting camcorders that will let them know a considerable measure of data about the track conditions and the ecological conditions," Hersman said. "The way to the group will be snatching those recorders immediately."
Why Is the FBI Involved?
The FBI has likewise sent specialists to the scene why should prepared help as required, sources told ABC News.
Given the size of the wrecking and death toll, the sources say powers need to distinguish what created the crash as fast as would be prudent. It's routine for the FBI to be at such a transportation fiasco, the sources said.
The preparatory center of the test is speed, authorities affirmed.
The NTSB said this evening said that preparatory information demonstrates the train surpassed 100 mph before the derailment.The accident happened at around 9:28 p.m Tuesday. Six autos upset and the motor differentiated from whatever remains of the train.
What Investigators Are Looking At
Going ahead, the NTSB will take a gander at different things: Tracks, train signs, train operation and the train's mechanical condition and human execution, said the NTSB's Robert Sumwalt.
The NTSB has effectively begun to recover recorders and get groups' preparation records, Sumwalt said. On the other hand, agents have not yet painstakingly recorded the destruction, Sumwalt said, as the inquiry and-salvage exertion "will outweigh our mishap examination."
"There are numerous specialists on call out there," Sumwalt said. "It's an overwhelming scene."
"We're going to go and deliberately begin gathering data - what was the train speed? What was as far as possible on that bend? That is a piece of our examination," Sumwalt said. "To precisely report that."
Discovery/Cameras
The train's black box - known as an occasion recorder - was recuperated from the train and is being broke down at Amtrak's operation focus in Delaware, Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter said at a news gathering today.
"We've quite recently arrived," Sumwalt included. "You have a ton of inquiries, we have a great deal of inquiries."
What's more, the NTSB will likewise take a gander at a forward confronting cam at front of motor that "could issue us a great deal," Sumwalt said.
Timetable
Looking forward, Sumwalt said dissecting the occasion recorders, brake applications, throttle applications, horn and ringer will be vital to the test into what happened.
Anyway, Nutter said the examination is continuous and will take sooner or later. He didn't offer an accurate course of events.
Deborah Hersman, a previous seat of the NTSB, said the examination will probably incorporate "securing the scene, assembling any perishable confirmation and doing a ton of documentation."
As indicated by Hersman, hints like secret elements and conceivable camcorders may furnish agents with critical data.
Different Trains
Specialists will likewise take a gander at all different trains that ventured to every part of the same segment of track - yet its the secret elements that will offer the best hints into what occurred, Hersman said.
"The secret elements will let them know things like pace, throttle position, braking. ... Anyway, likewise there are frequently internal and outward confronting camcorders that will let them know a considerable measure of data about the track conditions and the ecological conditions," Hersman said. "The way to the group will be snatching those recorders immediately."
Why Is the FBI Involved?
The FBI has likewise sent specialists to the scene why should prepared help as required, sources told ABC News.
Given the size of the wrecking and death toll, the sources say powers need to distinguish what created the crash as fast as would be prudent. It's routine for the FBI to be at such a transportation fiasco, the sources said.
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