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TRANSPORTATION: RAILROAD: DISASTERS :
UNITED STATES: CITIES: PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA :
UNITED STATES: GOVERNMENT: NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD (NTSB):
NTSB Issues Update on its Investigation Into
the Amtrak Derailment in Philadelphia
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NTSB Issues Update on its Investigation Into
the Amtrak Derailment in Philadelphia
NTSB Press Release
National Transportation Safety Board Office of Public Affairs
5/20/2015
http://www.ntsb.gov/news/press-releases/Pages/PR20150520.aspx
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WASHINGTON As part of its ongoing investigation into the May 12, 2015,
derailment of Amtrak Train 188 in Philadelphia, the NTSB today provides
the following update.
NTSB investigators have completed most of their on-scene documentation
work at the accident site and at the Amtrak facilities in Delaware.
Additional 3D laser scanning of the train cars will be completed in the
coming weeks.
An examination of the signals systems has revealed no anomalies or
malfunctions.
The NTSB has possession of the Amtrak engineers cell phone. Additionally,
under its enforcement authority, the Federal Railroad Administration
subpoenaed and obtained the engineers cell phone records and has shared
that data with NTSB forensic experts. Although the records appear to
indicate that calls were made, text messages sent, and data used on the
day of the accident, investigators have not yet made a determination if
there was any phone activity during the time the train was being operated.
In order to make that assessment, investigators have started the process
of correlating the time stamps in the engineers cell phone records with
multiple data sources including the locomotive event recorder, the
locomotive outward facing video, recorded radio communications, and
surveillance video.
The processes involved in correlating time stamps for all these devices
are detailed and lengthy. Because of variations in time stamps for each
data source, each one must be correlated to the same time zone so that a
factual timeline of events can be developed that will allow investigators
to understand if any phone activity has any relevance to the accident.
Investigators interviewed the engineer of the SEPTA train that had stopped
after being struck by an object that had shattered the windshield of the
locomotive. The SEPTA engineer said that the Amtrak engineer announced on
the radio, hot track rail two, to let him know that the Amtrak train was
about to pass the stopped SEPTA train. He saw Amtrak 188 pass on track 2
and did not notice anything unusual.
Interviews with passengers and emergency responders will continue over the
coming weeks. Investigative specialists in crashworthiness and survival
factors are interviewing passengers that survived the accident in order to
understand the circumstances of the evacuation as well as how injuries
correlated with train car and seating positions.
Amtrak has provided the NTSB with the engineers training and employment
records. He had been operating trains in the Washington-Boston Northeast
Corridor for about three years. He had been specifically assigned the
Washington-New York segment of the corridor for several weeks.
A dedicated webpage for this accident investigation has been created where
all related materials to it can be accessed: http://go.usa.gov/38MUB.
Additional updates will be issued as events warrant.
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Related Press Releases
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May 20, 2015
NTSB Issues Update on its Investigation Into the Amtrak Derailment in
Philadelphia
http://www.ntsb.gov/news/press-releases/Pages/PR20150520.aspx
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May 15, 2015
NTSB to Hold its Last Media Briefing on Amtrak Accident in
Philadelphia
http://www.ntsb.gov/news/press-releases/Pages/PR20150515.aspx
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May 13, 2015
NTSB to Hold Media Briefing on Amtrak Derailment
http://www.ntsb.gov/news/press-releases/Pages/PR20150513c.aspx
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May 13, 2015
NTSB Investigates Train Derailment in Philadelphia
http://www.ntsb.gov/news/press-releases/Pages/PR20150513.aspx
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Related Investigations
Amtrak derailment in Philadelphia, PA
[Includes selected NTSB related video links and more information
regarding this derailment.]
http://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/Pages/2015_philadelphia_pa.aspx
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Washington, DC 20594
Peter Knudson
(202) 314-6100
peter.knudson@xxxxxxxx
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