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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSo the Amtrak train was still accelerating seconds before the crash...
Am I crazy or does anybody else have a little alarm in their head calling "Germanwings!"???
alfie
(522 posts)I sure hope not,
Brickbat
(19,339 posts)In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)I think it was a mechanical malfunction.
jwirr
(39,215 posts)that can override the safety system by just flipping it off.
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)what I have, and this is pure speculation, is major mechanical failure\overwork.
Cooley Hurd
(26,877 posts)Suicide was only considered in the Flt 9525 incident because of Lubitz' psychiatric and professional history. As of this moment, there's nothing indicating the same type of health issue with the engineer of NR-188.
Backwoodsrider
(764 posts)I hope if it was mechanical they find evidence that proves it was so the driver is cleared
former9thward
(32,111 posts)He claims he can't recall what he was doing. He would have known he was speeding. He could have stopped it. The train does not run itself.
randys1
(16,286 posts)either on purpose or not.
Right?
Hasnt that been confirmed
Isnt there a system for that?
B2G
(9,766 posts)and it was installed but not turned on.
http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2015/05/14/exclusive-train-control-was-installed-turned-off-at-time-of-amtrak-crash-congressmen-say
catnhatnh
(8,976 posts)...and PROBABLY wrong. And yet you have a guy who is said to be a fanatic about trains in a one-man control situation who accelerates at the most dangerous moment and afterwards has either amnesia or "amnesia"...
Gormy Cuss
(30,884 posts)Like switching to an occupied track and slamming the locomotive straight into another car. Most likely explanation involving engineer responsibility is falling asleep at the controls.
Are_grits_groceries
(17,111 posts)Amnesia is not unheard of in trauma.
FLPanhandle
(7,107 posts)"driving that train, high on cocaine, Casey Jones, you better watch your speed."
onyourleft
(726 posts)MindPilot
(12,693 posts)Kind of like jumping out of a second story window. Yeah, you might die, but chances are you'll just end up bruised and broken.