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glatt · 09-23-2009, 07:42 AM

NTSB yesterday announced that it still has no fucking clue what happened, but that there are serious unknown problems with the control system of METRO and probably a handful of other systems in the country. So those systems should be careful.

Thanks guys. That's real helpful. Didn't we know this within the first week?

How are the rail systems supposed to check their shit if you don't tell them what to check for?

It's all moot right now, since the trains are still being manually operated after the crash. The red line still has not been fixed, because in 3 months, they still haven't figured out what is wrong with it to fix.

What the hell? The track circuit is right there. It's not like it was destroyed in the crash. They can duplicate the failure, but don't know what causes the failure? Get some electrical engineers down there, stat.

09-23-2009, 07:42 AM	#59
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	NTSB yesterday announced that it still has no fucking clue what happened, but that there are serious unknown problems with the control system of METRO and probably a handful of other systems in the country. So those systems should be careful. Thanks guys. That's real helpful. Didn't we know this within the first week? How are the rail systems supposed to check their shit if you don't tell them what to check for? It's all moot right now, since the trains are still being manually operated after the crash. The red line still has not been fixed, because in 3 months, they still haven't figured out what is wrong with it to fix. What the hell? The track circuit is right there. It's not like it was destroyed in the crash. They can duplicate the failure, but don't know what causes the failure? Get some electrical engineers down there, stat.