the engineer pushed the throttle forward. and that s we are we the convenient recorder does record throttle movement. we will be looking at that to see if that dore rescorresponds to the increase in the train. we talked to the engineer, the person operating the train. he was fully he was fully cooperative when we met with him on friday and then also interviewed two assistant conductors that were on the train. they still don t know why this happened. jason carroll joined me now the human story of all of this is the most important, people that lost their loved ones you just this morning sat with a woman who lost her husband. right. jacqueline gapeines lost her husband, jim, he was 41 yearsed ork he worked for the associate press, video software architect, coming back from washington, d.c. for a business trip. you know we spoke to her this morning. it was a very difficult interview, i have to tell you, a very strong woman, a very spiritual woman, but having said that it s very s
locomotive engines, indeed this is not a one-step process. that s right. the only way an operaable train can accelerate is if the engineer pushed the throttle forward, and that s what the event recorder does record throttle movement and we will look to see if that corresponds to the speed of the train. we talked to the engineer the person operating the train, and he was fully cooperative when we met with him on friday, and we also interviewed two assistant conductors on the train. but he doesn t remember anything or this is the report he says he doesn t remember anything after leaving north philadelphia is that right? that s right. what does that mean for this investigation? where do you go from here, and is there any hope that perhaps he will be able to recall he does have a concussion as we understand it. where do you get the facts if he
throttles. it s a manual input. we re going to be through the event recorder through the black box, if you will, we do one of the parameters recorded is throttle movement, so we ll be looking at that to see if that might correspond with the speed increase. but we re also looking to see if there could be any type of mechanical anomaly that could potentially cause the train to accelerate without an input. so we ll come right here. have you been able to get any of his toxicology reports back blood work things like that? and are there any other video sources on the train that may show you what he was doing before the crash? have we been able to get back the toxicology reports, and is there any other video that we may be able to learn from. let me address the video issue first. we re always surprised and happy that there are video sources that come from unintended
through the black box, if you will, we do one of the parameters recorded is throttle movement. so we ll be looking at that to see if that might correspond with the speed increase. we re also looking to see if there could be any type of mechanical anomly that could potentially cause the train to accelerate without an input. so we ll come right here. and have you been able to get any of his toxicology reports back bloodwork, things like that and are there any other video sources on the train that may show you what he was doing before the crash? have we been able to get back the tox reports and is there any other video we may be able to learn from. let me address the video issue first. we re always surprised and happy that there are video sources that come from unintended sources as recorded on the media. a security camera that recorded
so we have called for positive train control for many many years. it s on our most wanted list. congress has mandated that it be installed by the end of this year. so were very keen on positive train control. we feel that had such a system been installed in this section of track, this accident would not have occurred. [ inaudible question ] is this train equipped with a dead man switch? some have it, some don t. oftentimes in place of the dead man switch they have an alerter. if there s no activity from the engineer within a certain period of time, their oral and visual alerter will activate in the cab of the locomotive and if an engineer makes a throttle movement or something, that will deactivate. we want to know exactly what was