Created Sun 21st Sep 8:29pm PDT by
gotmick
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Will the NTSB conclude the LA Commuter Train Wreck was caused by an Engineer text messaging?
Current forecast: 66% chance
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Combining all predictions, the current forecast is that this is 66% likely to happen (up 1% in last 1 day)
This is a repost of a question that was incorrectly settled, so here is some updated info:
The NTSB announced that the engineer WAS texting during this shift.
It was also found he was working an 11-1/2 hour split shift and didn't brake before colliding with the freight train, killing 25 passengers.
The NTSB has found the signals and tracks were working properly, and has narrowed its investigation to human error.
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5g-xsvlkTx_cLm6dJHngndxwYFgNAD938SGKG0
Two 14-year-old boys told CBS2-TV that they received a text message from the engineer shortly before the crash.
The Los Angeles station said the teen was among a group of youths who befriended the engineer and asked him questions about his work.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26718585/
MetroLink spokeswoman Denise Tyrrell said before the report aired that she would find it "unbelievable" that an engineer would be text messaging while operating a train.
It will be quite some time before an official NTSB investigation report is released. I would expect to hear something within 12 months so I'm setting the suspend date for one year. If the admins feel it will take longer, please edit it. This market should only settle as yes if it is proven the the crash was either solely or partially related to text messaging.
The NTSB announced that the engineer WAS texting during this shift.
It was also found he was working an 11-1/2 hour split shift and didn't brake before colliding with the freight train, killing 25 passengers.
The NTSB has found the signals and tracks were working properly, and has narrowed its investigation to human error.
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5g-xsvlkTx_cLm6dJHngndxwYFgNAD938SGKG0
Two 14-year-old boys told CBS2-TV that they received a text message from the engineer shortly before the crash.
The Los Angeles station said the teen was among a group of youths who befriended the engineer and asked him questions about his work.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26718585/
MetroLink spokeswoman Denise Tyrrell said before the report aired that she would find it "unbelievable" that an engineer would be text messaging while operating a train.
It will be quite some time before an official NTSB investigation report is released. I would expect to hear something within 12 months so I'm setting the suspend date for one year. If the admins feel it will take longer, please edit it. This market should only settle as yes if it is proven the the crash was either solely or partially related to text messaging.
Settlement details:
Actual NTSB conclusion as reported by a major mainstream news source.
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Question suspends in 42 weeks
Suspend date: Tue 15th Sep 2009 9:59pm PDT (42 weeks to go)
Initial likelihoods: Yes: 50%
Action history:
Created Sun 21st Sep 8:29pm PDT by
gotmick
Suspended Wed 1st Oct 1:01pm PDT by
newswrangler
: Suspended pending settlement
Settlement requested Wed 1st Oct 1:01pm PDT by
newswrangler
: Winning prediction = "Yes"
"Federal authorities say engineer Robert M. Sanchez sent the message 22 seconds before his train hit the Union Pacific freight train in Chatsworth on Sept. 12"
<http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-crash2-2008oct02,0,4888640.story>
Prediction cut-off 12:41PM PDT on October 1, 2008
(3:41PM EDT) (market suspended)
"Federal authorities say engineer Robert M. Sanchez sent the message 22 seconds before his train hit the Union Pacific freight train in Chatsworth on Sept. 12"
<http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-crash2-2008oct02,0,4888640.story>
Prediction cut-off 12:41PM PDT on October 1, 2008
(3:41PM EDT) (market suspended)
Unsuspended Thu 2nd Oct 11:56am PDT by
ryanj
: The NTSB has only concluded that the engineer was texting during the crash but not that this was the cause
Suspend date: Tue 15th Sep 2009 9:59pm PDT (42 weeks to go)
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