Appendix A: Investigation
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) was notified on May 12, 2015, of the derailment of Amtrak train 188 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and launched an investigative team. Groups were established to gather evidence on human performance, railroad operations, track and engineering, signals and train control, survival factors and crashworthiness, mechanical/equipment, event/data recorders, video recorders, and portable electronic devices. Board Member Robert Sumwalt was the spokesperson on scene.
The NTSB Transportation Disaster Assistance division was on scene to provide assistance to the victims and victims’ families.
Parties to the investigation included the Federal Railroad Administration; Amtrak; the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen; the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers; the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters; Philadelphia Police Department; Philadelphia Fire Department; and Philadelphia Office of Emergency Management.
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