The cause will more than likely focus on what Norfolk Southern initially said was an axil failure on one of the 120 railcars.
will release its initial report on the crash Thursday morning around 10 a.m., and then hold a news conference at 1 p.m. in Washington, D.C.
It is possible the NTSB will address what are called hot boxes, which are devices on the rails that should detect overheating and alert engineers to break and stop the train. Surveillance video has shown the axil on fire at various points before the derailment, so where were the hot boxes and did they work?
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