He tells us he has a good guess as to what caused todays derailment raiment. Here at 30th street station many students are heading home for the o holidays and they were concerned given amtraks derailment south of seattle. Its a little scary. I think its crazy and i really feel for those people andheir families. Generally i feel safe but aveling in inclement weather its in the back of my mind. Robert mongeluzzi represented 34 passengers on amtrak train 188. The train derailed in Port Richmond with 238 passengers on board. Eight were killed and over 200 injured. The train was traveling over 100 miles an hour in a 50 Miles Per Hour zone when it hit a curve and went off the tracks. He sees striking similarities to todays derailment. The first thing that you think about when a train derails on a curve is it was going too fast. And when you see the locomotive, which is heavier and goes on a Straight Path while everything behind it falls over, it is eerily reminiscent of amtrak 188. Reporter
All the more reason we need to start fixing infrastructure of the united states. Reporter debut run from seattle to portland, first to carry commuters on new high speed route going further inland to improve travel times. Wondering if did dry runs before passengers were aboard. Its terrible thing, very upsetting. Reporter scott cardy, abc news, seattle. If you have questions about friends and family, amtrak hotline 18005239101. Weve been following the latest details all day long. Download the updated abc7 news app. Get push alerts. Power is back on at worlds Busiest Airport but problems after massive power outage in atlanta, more than 400 flights cancelled, including some from the bay area. And could be days before affected passengers make it to destinations. Reporter frustration and fatigue from this atlanta couple. Been at sfo since yesterday. Flight canceled midday and got stranded at airport. Delta cant rebook until tomorrow. These ladies on canceled frontier flight received worse n