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Data: MAVEN
Trigger word:
derailment
Event Types (Count):
Catastrophe (4)
Negative Trigger
Later
in
the
year
,
in
a
comprehensive
safety
review
after
another
derailment
Catastrophe
of
a
passenger
train
nearby
resulted
in
the
first
passenger
fatalities
in
Metro-North
's
history
,
the
NTSB
cited
Adducing
the
maintenance
shortfall
as
part
of
an
inadequate
``
safety
culture
''
at
the
railroad
.
The
track
in
question
was
also
not
equipped
Supply
with
ATC
(
automatic
train
control
)
,
an
older
and
simpler
system
that
had
been
operational
Being_in_operation
for
years
on
the
southbound
track
of
the
curve
at
which
the
derailment
Catastrophe
occurred
,
and
that
also
would
have
limited
Limiting
the
train
's
speed
entering
the
curve
.
The
National
Transportation
Safety
Board
ruled
Legal_rulings
that
the
derailment
Catastrophe
was
caused
Causation
by
the
train
's
engineer
(
driver
)
becoming
Becoming
distracted
by
other
radio
transmissions
and
losing
Earnings_and_losses
situational
awareness
,
and
said
Statement
that
it
would
have
been
prevented
Preventing_or_letting
by
positive
train
control
,
a
computerized
speed-limiting
system
that
was
operational
Being_in_operation
elsewhere
on
the
Northeast
Corridor
,
but
whose
activation
Being_in_operation
at
the
wreck
site
had
been
delayed
Hindering
due
Causation
to
regulatory
requirements
.
Shortly
after
the
derailment
Catastrophe
,
Amtrak
completed
Process_end
ATC
installation
Building
on
the
northbound
track
.
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