Amtrak Engineer of Derailed Train Identified as Brandon Bostian
Source: ABC
The engineer driving the Amtrak train that derailed Tuesday night has been identified as 32-year-old Brandon Bostian.
The attorney for Bostian, a Queens, New York, resident, confirmed his identity to ABC News.
According to his LinkedIn profile, Bostian has worked at Amtrak for nearly nine years, the first half of which he spent as a passenger conductor before he became a passenger engineer in December 2010.
Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter said today that the engineer suffered unspecified injuries and received medical care.
Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/US/GMABig/amtrak-engineer-derailed-train-identified-brandon-bostian/story?id=31023810
Also posting in NY since he's from Queens.
swilton
(5,069 posts)of making the engineer the scapegoat....The US rail system is third world - this type of accident was waiting to happen...
LiberalElite
(14,691 posts)yellowcanine
(35,701 posts)Granted, the rail system is antiquated. But speed limits should be obeyed. Antiquated system is not a defense.
MicaelS
(8,747 posts)And the train was doing 106mph, and he was at the controls, he is no scapegoat. He was negligent.
philosslayer
(3,076 posts)If that is in fact true, then its clearly his fault.
840high
(17,196 posts)Plucketeer
(12,882 posts)let's confirm it was HIS fault it was going so fast - and not some technical malfunction.
840high
(17,196 posts)Plucketeer
(12,882 posts)my comment was inspired by some of the previous posts.
Wash. state Desk Jet
(3,426 posts)Amtrak train thought to be going twice as fast as it should have been
http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/13/us/philadelphia-amtrak-train-derailment/index.html
By Greg Botelho and Kevin Conlon, CNN
BumRushDaShow
(129,543 posts)talking about him.
Wash. state Desk Jet
(3,426 posts)Oversite or system failure or what ?
BumRushDaShow
(129,543 posts)They are waiting for the NTSB to interview the engineer and be able to comb through the crash site (they have to get the train cars removed first).
joshcryer
(62,276 posts)Has been fully cooperative.
Lapse of judgement likely happened.
But his lawyer is pretty much on point.
Proving negligence in this case is going to be quite difficult.
He fucked up. The details behind it are unclear and will probably never be known.
Helen Borg
(3,963 posts)Or that he had some illegal substances in his blood. I'm sure they got samples from him...
joshcryer
(62,276 posts)Maybe he did forget what happened, can't prove it either way, but odds are human error is going to be the final judgement.
He's bee quite co-operative, apparently spent 6 hours with the investigators talking about it. Most of that time without a lawyer. Sounds like he lawyered up after they kept hounding him.
dembotoz
(16,844 posts)Have mixed feelings about linked in
Well no actually not that mixed
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)why the heck not? Or even a GPS on the train!
same thing with planes, why the heck do they hand over control of the entire train or plane or ship to one person?
libdem4life
(13,877 posts)part, there. Republicans voted the money down, the day AFTER the crash. I'm sure they made no mental or human connection between their actions and the tragedy.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)Ruby the Liberal
(26,219 posts)That corridor has WiFi. As soon as you log into it, it brings up a default page that shows the route on a map, where you are on the route, next stop (and time remaining to reach it due to current speed), weather conditions, etc... Its really cool.
freshwest
(53,661 posts)I don't know if that is flat there, but it looks that way from the link. Trying to figure out - was he going that fast because the brakes failed or the engine wasn't responding to his control?
And aren't some of these trains controlled at towers and the engineers don't have full control? Thought I read that somehwere.
I didn't know that it was going that fast from that link. But it said there were 8 NTSB investigators before they even were able to survey the damage and check for missing. So they are finding out very fast.
The GOP Congress has been cutting funding for public railroads and highways and bridges, it's part of the Koch agenda. To get rid of the NTSB, DOT, etc. and then privatize all roads, railways and waterways. Gotta get their cut.
Guess we will learn more soon. Thanks for posting the update.