Re: Update On Train 501 Derailment
Author: OPRRMS
Date: 01-01-2018 - 11:35
John Bruce Wrote:
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> Well, it's an op ed -- but you're saying I added
> something dodgy. I simply quoted highlights,
> didn't add anything. So far, you and other
> informed parties have made it clear that you're
> working on speculation. This writer, another
> informed party, clearly identifies his opinion as
> speculation based on rumor, which is all we have,
> because of the point he makes that the NTSB is
> doing nobody favors by withholding info.
>
> Not sure what's got people upset here.
Because it's not an "Update." It's an OpEd piece with nothing new that wasn't previously released by the NTSB, except that the author gets at least one fact wrong - that being that the NTSB has stated that the two people in the cab were the engineer and a conductor making a familiarization trip, not two engineers as he claims. Since he got that wrong, what else did he get wrong?
The claim that the NTSB is "withholding info" is ridiculous. They have a page on their website where they post updated information about their investigation, and their videotaped press conferences are on YouTube.