We listened to the dispatch tape, and we heard no communications at all from the Amtrak engineer to the dispatch center to say that something had struck his train.

Robert Sumwalt

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Knowing what I saw, I don't think anyone could survive it. by Robert Sumwalt

Knowing what I saw, I don't think anyone could survive it.

We don't feel the The FAA response to our recommendations was acc... by Robert Sumwalt

We don't feel the The FAA response to our recommendations was acceptable.

This idea of something striking the train, that's one of the many things we are looking at right now.

The only way that an operable train can accelerate would be if the engineer pushed the throttle forward.

Then she sat in the vehicle, he described it as if she had enough... by Robert Sumwalt

Then she sat in the vehicle, he described it as if she had enough time to put on her seatbelt.

As she did so, the train struck the car. by Robert Sumwalt

As she did so, the train struck the car.

The big question everyone wants to know is: Why was this vehicle... by Robert Sumwalt

The big question everyone wants to know is: Why was this vehicle in the crossing?

I would be very cautious with trying to draw a nexus with what may have happened with Metro-North in the past and this accident.

This is really just day one of the boots on the ground phase of the investigation, there's a lot that needs to be done.

It would seem to be that these flights should have been operated under Instrument Flight Rules.