the engineer talking to a septa engineer. she recalled that the septa engineer had reported to the train dispatcher that he had either been hit by a rock or shot at. and that the septa engineer said that he had a broken windshield and he placed his train into emergency stop. she also believed that she heard the engineer say something about she also believed that she heard her engineer say something about his train being struck by something. our investigation is not independently confirmed this information, but we have seen damage to the left-hand lower portion of the amtrak windshield that we have asked the fbi to come in and look at for us. if you re standing in the middle
treated for that after the accident was he hit by a projectile and incapacitated just as the train was speeding up? this morning new questions about the chain of events tuesday night. minutes before amtrak train 188 s derailment, a pennsylvania regional septa train reported it had been hit by a rock or shot at damaging the front windshield. on friday the ntsb said it had also found something unusual on the windshield of the derailed amtrak train. we have seen damage to the left-hand lower portion of the amtrak windshield. that we have asked the fbi to come in and look at for us. reporter: was amtrak 188 also hit with a projectile before it crashed? that s what an assistant conductor told investigators she thought she heard engineer brandon bostian say on the radio, but bostian told investigators he doesn t remember the accident or what led up to it. he reported that he does not
engineer had reported to the train dispatch her that he had either been hit by a rock or shot at. and that the septa engineer said that he had a broken windshield and he placed his train into emergency stop. she also believed that she heard the engineer say something about she also believed that she heard her engineer say something about his train being struck by something. our investigation is not independently confirmed this information, but we have seen damage to the left-hand lower portion of the amtrak windshield that we have asked the fbi to come in and look at for us. if you re standing in the middle of the locomotive cab, the center line, over here is where the engineer s windshield is. over hoar is the other
independently confirmed with this information but we have seen damage to the left-hand lower portion of the amtrak windshield that we have asked the fbi to come in and look at for us. joining me now former chairman of the ntsb, jim hall. jim, with a welcome to you, what do you make of this report that perhaps something hit the train s windshield before the crash? well, alex, it s another piece of information, important, obviously, to the investigation. but it does not negate the fact that positive train control would have overread any type of human error that might have occurred and slowed this train and prevented this accident. yeah. jim, are you drawing parallels to the people who take the laser-type lights and shoot them up at air cockpits and try to
and that the septa engineer said he had a broken windshield and placed his train into emergency stop. she also believed that she heard the engineer say something about about she also believed that she heard her engineer say something about his train being struck by something. this is her recollection, and certainly we are going to be conducting further investigation of this of this comment. our investigation is not independently confirmed this information, but we have seen damage to the left-hand lower portion of the amtrak windshield that we have asked the fbi to come in and look at for us.