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Amtrak Engineer Did Not Use Phone Before Train Crash

© AP Photo / Patrick SemanskyEmergency personnel work at the scene of a deadly train derailment, Wednesday, May 13, 2015, in Philadelphia
Emergency personnel work at the scene of a deadly train derailment, Wednesday, May 13, 2015, in Philadelphia - Sputnik International
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According to US National Transportation Safety Board’s, ongoing investigation into the Amtrak train derailment has found that the train’s engineer did not use his cellphone or access the locomotive’s WiFi while he was operating the ill-fated train.

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WASHINGTON (Sputnik) The ongoing investigation into the Amtrak train derailment has found that the train’s engineer did not use his cellphone or access the locomotive’s WiFi while he was operating the ill-fated train, the US National Transportation Safety Board’s (NTSB) said in a press release on Wednesday.

“Analysis of the phone records does not indicate that any calls, texts, or data usage occurred during the time the engineer was operating the train,” the release read. “Amtrak’s records confirm that the engineer did not access the train’s Wi-Fi system while he was operating the locomotive.”

On May 12, Amtrak train 188 travelling from Washington, DC to New York City derailed on the outskirts of Philadelphia. Eight people died in the accident and more than 200 were injured.

In order to make its conclusion on the engineer’s phone usage, the NTSB examined over 400,000 files of metadata on the phone’s operating system, the release said.

Next, the investigators plan to obtain a phone identical to the engineer’s to run additional tests in order to validate the data.

The NTSB said the engineer has been cooperative in its investigation and gave his passcode to the transporation safety board to access the phone.

The initial investigation into the accident by the NTSB revealed the Amtrak train travelled at more than twice the allowed speed of 50 miles per hour while going on a curve.

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