Radio transmissions distracted Amtrak engineer in crash that killed 8, official says

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

A U.S. official briefed by investigators says an Amtrak engineer was distracted by radio transmissions before his train derailed in Philadelphia last year, killing eight people.

The official was not authorized to comment publicly because of the ongoing probe and spoke to the Associated Press on the condition of anonymity.

The National Transportation Safety Board is scheduled to meet Tuesday to detail the probable cause of last year's fatal derailment. The cause won't be determined officially until the board's vote at the conclusion of that meeting.

It's unclear what radio transmissions investigators are citing.

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Read more: http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-amtrak-crash-radio-transmissions-20160516-snap-story.html

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By Associated Press
MAY 16, 2016, 3:00 PM

[LiberalArkie]

1. All trains have 2 way radios in them. Probably heard something that he thought concerned him.

That is how they alert trains to danger ahead.

[Brickbat]

2. As the railroads insist on more and more radio traffic. It's so they have a record they can punish

people with. They're so busy trying to regulate every last little thing they've made people afraid to do their jobs and let the trainhandling breathe.