might be. one of the other so we re talking about land and we re talking about over sea. in terms of land, let s just say it was able to land. you still have 239 people you ve got to do something with. how hard would it be, and what would the space requirements be to land this plane? well, the capability of the airplane to land in a short runway is phenomenal. you have what they call a.b.s., automatic braking system, and carbon brakes that get better as they heat up instead of fade as they heat up. you can land this airplane at average weights between 2500 and 3500 feet of pavement. even with heavy weights, you re only using 3500 feet of pavement. and that s a little different than some of the estimates we previously heard. right. i made that comment yesterday and went back to the manual and looked it up. the plane has phenomenal landing performance. now, once you get the plane on a small field, who s going to take
1500 feet of track posed one of their biggest challenges in 20 years. ceo boardmen telling me new safety upgrades are now in place. everybody in this railroad has been focussed and committed to safety. this is a safe railroad to ride. reporter: an automatic braking system was installed and as we saw a new speed limit for trains in the area of the disaster. reporter: we ve slowed down here. this is where they derailed. the new rules require them to come in at 45 down from 50. the engineer has told investigators he can t remember the events leading up to the crash. mean while funerals were three more victims. thanks so much. president obama has ordered new restricts on the use of federal
talking about a possible fuel problem before the chopper disappeared, but the american commanding general in nepal said today they can t yet confirm the cause of the crash tamron. they ll have to look into that, once again, after they recover the bodies. all right, kelly, thank you very much. very sad news there. we re also following several developments in the deadly train derailment in philadelphia including new deals about the technology that could have prevented the crash. amtrak says an automatic braking system was installed on the opposite side of the track where the train derailed, and the philadelphia inquirer reports the system is close to being installed on the northbound track. as for the investigation into what caused the derailment, the train s engineer brandon bostian, could finally speak with investigators as soon as today. investigators will have even more questions about the train s speed after announcing yesterday the train started to accelerate more than a minute