he was leading a multi-disciplinary team of accident investigators that will be looking into the track, the signals, and i m talking about the train control system the operations of the train, the mechanical condition of the train, to include the brake system recorders, survival factors, and emergency response. in addition to our investigative team, we have experts from the ntsb s office of transportation disaster assistance. they are here to help facilitate the needs of the victims and their families. here s the factual information that we presently have. last evening, amtrak 188, an
more than 15 years of accident investigation experience with the ntsb. he is leading a multidisciplinary team of accident investigators that will be looking into the tracks. i m talking about the train control signal system the operations of the train, the mechanical condition of the train, including the brake system the recorders, survival factors and emergency response. in addition to our investigative team, we have experts from the ntsb and office of transportation disaster assistance. they are here to help facilitate the needs of the victims and their families. here s the factual information that we presently have.
mike has over 40 years of railroad experience. and he has more than 15 years of accident investigation experience with the ntsb. he is leading a multi-disciplinary team of accident investigators that will be looking into the track the signals and i m talking about the train control signal system the operations of the train the mechanical condition of the train, to include the brake system recorders, survival factors and emergency response. in addition to our investigative team we have experts from the ntsb s office of transportation disaster assistance. they are here to help facilitate the needs of the victims and their families. here s the factual information that we presently have.
set up a team to specifically look in to the flight 370 case. joe, what does this investigative committee supposed to do? well, it sounds roughly similar to the commissions that the get started in washington when there s a disaster, perhaps like the space shuttle commission, the 9/11 commission, don. it s acceptance of the fact that malaysia has questions that need to be answered in a thoughtful way, i think, about mh-370. they will look at airworthiness, human factors, flight recorders, medical concerns, weather, survival factors. all the things that could explain how a jumbo jet could vanish without a trace with hundreds of people on board, don. the malaysian defense minister who s the acting transportation minister raised comments that raised a lot of eyebrows. let s listen to it. our ministry of defense was
defense. these three committees have started their respective tasks and will be reporting to the public on their findings in due course. i would also like to confirm the efforts to appoint an independent investigator in charge, based on icao standards to lead an investigation team is under way. three groups have been established, namely, an air-worthiness group to look at issues such as maintenance records, structures and also of systems, an operations group to examine things such as flight recorders, operations and meteorology, and medical and human factors group to investigate issues such as psychology, pathology and survival factors. we are in the process of identifying to include accredited countries into this investigation team. ladies and gentlemen, the new developments over the last few hours has been the most promising lead we have had. i urge all malaysians and international community to unite in their prayers and not give up