The train derailment in Ohio was entirely preventable. We have to pray that this situation is resolved and that this never happens again.
From Fox News. The operators of the Norfolk Southern train involved in a toxic derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, earlier this month received a “critical audible alarm message instructing the crew to slow and stop the train to inspect a hot axle,” according to a newly released National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) report Thursday.
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The preliminary report comes as NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy said during a press conference that the Feb. 3 disaster “was 100% preventable.”
“We call things accidents. There is no accident. Every single event that we investigate is preventable,” she said. “So our hearts are with you know, that the NTSB has one goal and that is safety and ensuring that this never happens again.”
The report said that after hearing a warning from the hot bearing detector on Train 32N, the train’s engineer, who Homendy said already was braking due to a train ahead, “increased the dynamic brake application to further slow and stop the train.” …
“After the train stopped, the crew observed fire and smoke and notified the Cleveland East dispatcher of a possible derailment. …” the NTSB wrote. “Responders arrived at the derailment site and began response efforts.” …
About 15,000 pounds of contaminated soil and 1.1 million gallons of contaminated water have been excavated from the site of the derailment, Norfolk Southern said Monday.
Dozens of rail cars, including 11 carrying toxic chemicals, derailed as the train passed through the town on the Ohio-Pennsylvania border. Officials conducted a controlled release of vinyl chloride three days after the derailment to avoid an explosion.
Homendy announced Thursday that the NTSB will hold a “rare investigative field hearing this spring in East Palestine” to gather more information on the incident. …
Two days after the Feb. 3 derailment, responders extinguished the fire, but five cars carrying “115,580 gallons of vinyl chloride continued to concern authorities because the temperature inside one tank car was still rising,” the NTSB said, leading to the controlled release. …
“Responders scheduled a controlled venting of the five vinyl chloride tank cars to release and burn the vinyl chloride, expanded the evacuation zone to a 1-mile by 2-mile area, and dug ditches to contain released vinyl chloride liquid while it vaporized and burned,” the report said. …
Homendy also said Thursday that the NTSB “had no role in the decision-making or carrying out of the venting burn. …
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(Excerpt from Fox News. Photo Credit: Getty Images)