The sole survivor of a capsize at sea stuck from days on the bottom of the atlantic. A good morning and welcome to Al Jazeera America. Its good to have you with us. Im drait. In a major development. The engineer of the train apparently admitted to a nunion representative that he nodded off at the controls. It happened while the train travelled at 82 Miles Per Hour. The ntsp removed the commoout ear rail employees union, citing a breach of confidentiality when they talked to the media. Al jazeera correspondent has the latest on the investigation. For the First Time Since the metro north Train Derailment leaving four dead and Dozens Injured attention is shifting from mechanical failure, focussing on the trains engineer. Based on this data, theres no indication that the brake systems were not functions properly. It was suggested from William Rockefellers camp that human error was ta play. Saying that he became dazed, suffering highway hypnosis. William rockefeller revealed to a Union Offi
Chemical in his body. Hello, welcome to al jazeera america. Im thomas draiton, good to have you with us. We are learning about the man at the controls when a speeding commuter train derailed in new york city, killing four and injuring dozens more. The engineer was in a daze at the time. Lisa stark has more on the investigation. The National Transportation safety board wouldnt say what condition the engineer may have been in prior to the tragedy, but found no indications of mechanic call problems. The brakes on the train, that barrelled along at 80 miles per hour, the breaks were tested before the run began, and worked fine at all the stops before the accident. Here is board member earl weener. Based on this data, theres no indication that the brakes were not functioning. Rockerfeller was on the fifth day of a nine hour shift. The ntsb said he should have had plenty of time to get sleep before starting up at 5am on a train run. Another issue is positive train control or ptc. Its a syste
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