A preliminary report from the NTSB pointed to an overheated wheel bearing as a potential cause of a train derailment near East Palestine, Ohio. See the potential biases and similarities in reports from TrainsMagazine, ap and nypost:
While the NTSB said its investigation was ongoing, the report states: “The wayside defect detector, or hot bearing detector , transmitted a critical audible alarm message instructing the crew to slow and stop the train to inspect a hot axle. The train engineer increased the dynamic brake application to further slow and stop the train. During this deceleration, an automatic emergency brake application initiated, and train 32N came to a stop.”, visited the site for the first time on Thursday.
that train safety regulations were “constrained” by “withdrawn” braking rules, many on the right said he “blamed Trump” for the disaster. Coverage was widespread across the spectrum. Headlines varied in their framing of the report’s findings, with some emphasizing that the train crew was warned about the hot axle too late to stop the crash.
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