There is only one explanation why an experienced engineer who did the route hundreds of times decided to deliberately run a 50 mph curve at 100 mph, and refuse to remember or talk to police but nobody can think of it except internet commenters. A manually controlled train can only accelerate if the engineer moved the control, and there is only one good reason to accelerate and that is if the goal is to derail it. If he wasn't paying attention which was the conclusion, it would be constant speed, not speeding up. Authorities wrongly ruled out deliberate action by engineer.
"He has a stellar safety record and is respected in his professional and personal life. What? He just one day decided to gun it? Around a corner? Over twice the speed limit? After driving this route hundreds of times. I doubt it. He may be a escape goat." (Or proves only way he could do it was deliberate)
Burst of speed before Amtrak train crash at heart of investigation ...
https://bangordailynews.com/.../burst-of-speed-before-amtrak-train-crash-at-heart-of-inv...May 15, 2015 - PHILADELPHIA — Investigators on Friday sought to explain why an Amtrak train thatcrashed in Philadelphia had accelerated in the minute before it derailed, raising questions about ... Burst of speed before Amtrak train crash at heart of investigation ... said the train sped up from about 70 mph to 100-plus mph in the last 65 seconds before the crash, based on a video taken by the locomotive’s front-facing camera. The NTSB is investigating what caused the acceleration.... Experts said the train’s speed in the moments before the crash raised a number of questions: Could a technical glitch have caused the locomotive to speed up so rapidly? Would it take a deliberate action by the engineer? Or could human error, a medical issue, or some other factor such as clumsiness explain the sudden burst of speed?
http://nhlifefree.com/2015/05/14/was-brandon-bostian-philadelphia-amtrak-188-engineer-doing-a-germanwings-was-he-on-antidepressants/
Was Brandon Bostian, Philadelphia Amtrak 188 Engineer Doing A Germanwings? Was He On Antidepressants?
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This tragedy, Amtrak train 188 derailment with 7 fatalities, hit close to home. I was booked on an Amtrak train to Philadelphia on Thursday, May 14, 2015. Suffice to say I can’t get to Philadelphia by train at the moment. But that is small potatoes and I am not going to bitch about that (though I am put out by how poorly Amtrak is handling the aftermath). The accident, however, totally rattled Deanna. It was too ‘close’ for her comfort.
I had, hours ahead of the reports, suspected speed. But even I had not thought the train would have been going at TWICE the speed limit.
They say that they have ruled out terrorism but I think they might have to revisit that.
The engineer, Brandon Bostian, was up to SOMETHING. He had to accelerate that train from a dead stop, at Philadelphia’s station, to 106 mph in less than 10 minutes. That is going some.
Was he trying to a Germanwings?
msnbc comments:
KRNB: Some Believe Amtrak Engineer Deliberately Crashed Train
I was wondering if folks were going to start to speculate about the Amtrak engineer who caused a deadly train crash last week! Lots of folks are whispering he may have deliberately caused the crash. He is under investigation in Tuesday night’s train crash that killed 8, ranted online for improvements in rail safety, the LAtimes.com reports.... In the hours after the crash, Bostian told investigators he did not recall the crash, then he lawyered up and refused to speak to investigators. leads to sandrarose
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http://www.cbsnews.com/news/amtrak-derailment-what-we-know-about-engineer-brandon-bostian/
NORCALGUY111 2 hours ago
Not one passenger has mentioned a feel of sudden, rapid acceleration. Usually, as a train rapidly accelerates from 70 mph to 100 mph as has been alleged in news reports, passengers would get a sharp jolt backward as the train rapidly accelerates. It's called "G" forces or acceleration forces. Think: Newton's Laws of Motion. No such comments have been made by the passengers. Meaning? This train slowly and continuously increased in speed well past the 80 mph speed zone and must have done so over a considerable span of track before the Frankford Junction. The engineer had to be aware of the train's state of operation during a considerable amount of time leading up to the tragedy.
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BERNBERK 2 hours ago
It sounds very similar to the German Air pilot who purposely crashed the plane into a mountain side killing everyone on board. Why did the engineer increase the speed of the train when he knew he was going into a turn? Then he says I don't remember. How could he possibly not remember he increased the speed?
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GREENNNNNN-2009 1 hour ago
@BernBerk : Yet, he remembered braking with the emergency brake. WEIRD. Something's awry with all of this.
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WINEMASTER2 6 hours ago
Of course the driver is a great lover of trains and gun ho about his career and driving them. Plus he liked speed. It is no coincidence that he was speeding around the curve where it detailed. It just not seem possible that he is alive and does not recall or has any memory of what happens. Him not remembering is to his advantage and the less he says , the better for him. To that end looks like it has become a pattern in cases of these kind of accidents. One thing is for sure that the train did not accelerate it self to twice the speed around that bend to 109 mph and winding up derailed.
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GOODGUY73 8 hours ago
Maybe he just accidently put his foot on the accelerator when he meant to hit the break earlier when the train was doing 80 on the straight part. However it is an odd coincidence that the accident was on the day before the Congressional vote for funding of the crash avoidance system.
Both the Train and the track were already outfitted with Positive Train Control (PTC). The system will be turned on this year, but there was a delay while the necessary bandwidth was shifted up from 900 MHz to a higher and more reliable frequency.
I don't know how speed is increased in a train. Must one be conscious to do so? Could he have fallen asleep at the wheel?
If one must be awake to increase the speed on a train - then it could only have been done on purpose or due to a malfunction.
I understand that not talking to police is one's right - but to me it points to some type of guilt on the dude's part.
CSPARISH1956 5 hours ago
@beewaximus I don't know, considering how the police can railroad people, I'd want an attorney also. Exercising your rights, doesn't present guilt.
Blame crew rest disinfo:
This one is weird. Accident aside, the speed of the train should have generated enough visual and auditory ques to panic anyone on board - long prior to 100 MPH.
My first curiosity goes to the pertinent record of "crew rest."
For all the known risks - and just the recent accident history of trains - there should be far more of a mandate for a second-in-command. Screw the corporate "bottom line." There's no doubt that a train wreck can wipe out an entire town - in addition to killing anyone on board the train.
It's amazing that more people on board this train were not killed. It's assured that an army of attorneys will make those truly responsible sorry that there were any survivors, at all. That's one 'message' that the corporate board members won't miss; above and beyond the guaranteed leap in insurance premiums.
Pertinent facts aside, the collective current mandate is to ensure that the "blame" is exclusively focused on the Engineer. Absent something truly horrific or miraculous, no "management" - or "regulatory personnel" - will be allowed to share in the responsibility. That's just the way it is in the "new" America.
No doubt there is at least one "risk-reward analysis" being burned, as you read this
BELLES LETTRES 14 hours ago
There are many eerie parallels between Brandon Bostian and the Germanwings pilot Andreas Lubitz. In the case of Lubitz he intentionally accelerated his plane into the rock face of the French Alps. Similarly Bostian clearly accelerated into a turn which he knew to have a speed limit of 50 MPH. The evidence has already shown that the engine train was tilted onto two wheels.
It is essential that the Investigators focus in on all of his previous runs at that turn. Were there speed anomalies? Were there any speed patterns which suggested that he had conducted trial runs?
Did he attempt to orchestrate a massacre?
As the girlfriend of Lubitz was thoroughly vetted so must Bostian's boyfriend. Was there a lover's spat? Was he jilted by his boyfriend?
No one should accept the colossal effrontery of Bostian's lawyer that he has no recollection of the accident.
There is not going to be a neat denouement for this horrific accident.
Prepare yourselves for shocking and sensational developmen
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