NTSB’s Hart: Distracted engineer, lack of PTC factors in deadly Amtrak crash

Top Priority Sector: law_enforcement_first_respondersBy Steve BittenbenderEditor, Government Security NewsThe engineer of an Amtrak train that derailed last year was distracted by an incident involving another locomotive, investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board said on Tuesday.While there was a focus on the engineer’s inattention, Christopher Hart, the NTSB’s chairman, also took aim at another cause in his opening remarks of the board’s meeting to discu