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posted by martyb on Tuesday October 04 2016, @12:37AM   Printer-friendly
from the GIGO?-DINO!-Data-In-Nothing-Out dept.

The National Transportation Safety Board has said that a data recorder recovered from the crash of a New Jersey Transit train in Hoboken recorded no information about the incident:

A data recorder that could have helped investigators answer why a New Jersey Transit train crashed in Hoboken last week was not working, the National Transportation Safety Board said Sunday. "Unfortunately, the event recorder was not functioning during this trip," NTSB Vice Chairman Bella Dinh-Zarr said. Investigators said the data recorder was over 20 years old.

The NTSB is looking for a second data recorder from a newer passenger car. The recorder could provide information on the train's speed, use of brakes and throttle position. The train's engineer, identified as Thomas Gallagher, told NTSB investigators the train entered the Hoboken station at 10 mph. Witnesses have said the train was speeding as it entered the station instead of slowing down.

New Jersey Transit had already been under scrutiny for safety issues before the crash. A roof (possibly containing asbestos) which had collapsed on top of the train during the accident is now preventing investigators from inspecting the scene.

Also at Reuters and The Guardian .


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 04 2016, @01:35AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 04 2016, @01:35AM (#409767)

    KSBR is a non-commercial radio station in Mission Viejo, California, broadcasting to the Orange County, California, area on 88.5 FM.

    Non-commercial would seem to indicate that indeed it is not anyone's job to make sure it's still working.

    Budget cuts in 1984 returned KSBR to a student-run operation, most of the professional staff was laid off

    …........…yeah. You're an entitled fucking asshole.

  • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 04 2016, @02:16AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 04 2016, @02:16AM (#409779)

    asshole

    Right back at you.

    As to the non-professionals, if you want the gig, do the job.
    (They get to put it on their resumes and it's a vanity thing on campus as well.)
    How difficult is it to glance at a web page once an hour and see if it's auto-updating?

    not anyone's job

    The place still has paid management and that lot clearly are useless, not training their people in the basics.

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