we will do everything we can to determine what happened and why. we move to our other major story. when newspapers need two front pages. israel has officially become a ground offensive in gaza. they wanted to take out a network of tunnels. hamas has been use to go infiltrate the gaza strip. hamas said the infiltration would have dreadful consequences. it just seems like we ve seen this movie before. the shooting down of that malaysian airliner. if evidence emerges that this was involved. this could really be a game changer. the united nations international civil aviation organization warns commercial airlines about routes that could be unsafe to fly. the route taken by malaysian airlines today from kuala lumpur had been declared safe by that united nations group. the only warning was from the united states which warned american airliners to avoid flying over crimea. the intelligence community says it has airlines that malaysian flight 17 was brought down
the recorders do when it comes to aviation, however, they should be able to, if they re in good shape, get information like speed and application of brakes possibly. she talked about photos and video evidence that they may be able to collect. but another issue that we re going to be looking at is the human factor. they ll be looking at the train conductor as well. physical examinations, they ll be looking at possibly rest requirements. human factor is also a very important issue when it comes to these investigations. and as we mentioned, we do know past accidents in this area will be something that they re going to be looking at too, because hersman said herself, metro north, the property has seen, in the past eight months, several incidents. is this an indication of a
crucial these trains are to new york, they move more than 83 million passengers per year. the hudson line moves 16 million passengers a year. so this is a key part of the mass transit for folks who live in the distant suburbs and commute into the city. it is going to be a scramble tomorrow for anyone using the line to get into the city. let s get to the investigation. joining me is debbie hersman. what can you tell me about the investigation right now. and thank you for being with us. caller: good afternoon. we have a go team that s in route right now to the accident scene. they will hit the ground running. they are experts in the work that they do. we have folks focusing on operation, track, human factor, crash worthiness and
we continue now with our breaking news coverage of the train crash in the bronx. i m joined now by renee marsh. the ntsb has just left headed to this train derailment. what exactly will they be looking for? caller: we also know later on they will be holding a briefing. so we hope to be getting more information about the preliminary evidence they ve been able to collect and how they plan to move forward with the investigation. but typically with an investigation like this, i heard that you had deborah hersman on air. she talked about the information they re hoping to collect, the event recorders, very similar to those recorders on airplanes. the thing that s slightly different is that with these train recorders they don t capture as much information as
area immediately before the metro north train. had front end video that reported the crack in the track that caused the derailment. there s a lot of information out there. we re going to draw on all of it to do a very thorough investigation. all right. deborah hersman. thank you for being with us on this thanksgiving weekend. caller: you re welcome. more on this story after a quick break. clay. mom? come in here. come in where? welcome to my mom cave. wow. sit down. you need some campbell s chunky soup before today s big game, new chunky cheeseburger. mmm. i love cheeseburgers. i know you do. when did you get this place? when i negotiated your new contract, it was part of the deal. cool. [ male announcer ] campbell s chunky soup. it fills you up right.