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   Message 3,183 of 3,261   
   Adam H. Kerman to Jishnu Mukerji   
   Re: AP estimates train in deadly crash w   
   15 May 15 13:49:54   
   
   From: ahk@chinet.com   
      
   Jishnu Mukerji  wrote:   
      
   >It looks like the train started accelerating soon after exiting the   
   >previous curve, which suggests that due to loss of situational   
   >awareness, the Engineer may have mistaken that curve to be the Ford   
   >Curve which immediately follows the Frankford Curve, and the speed limit   
   >after that rises to 110mph. Just one hypothesis that fits the observed   
   >facts. There could be others too that need to be discounted before one   
   >settles on a specific hypothesis as the most likely.   
      
   The engineer isn't going to admit to anything. He's, uh, forgotten,   
   as instructed by his attorney.   
      
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