Possible cause of Ohio train derailment revealed in preliminary NTSB report
The Fox News contributor joined 'Fox & Friends' to discuss her visit and why she believes it is 'understandable' residents are angry with how officials handled the toxic spill., 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 report Thursday.
Workers are seen on Tuesday, Feb. 21, cleaning up derailed train cars in East Palestine, Ohio, following the Feb. 3 Norfolk Southern freight train derailment."The function of the HBD is to detect overheated bearings and provide audible real-time warnings to train crews," the report said. 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.
In the report, the NTSB said at the"time of the accident, visibility conditions were dark and clear; the weather was 10°F with no precipitation." 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.
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