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Transport Canada Alleges Insufficient Handbrakes Set As Basis For Obtaining Search Warrant Of MM&A
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<p></p> <p><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:small;">Of particular interest to me is the quote form the second article that says this in the a</span><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:small;">rticle linked to first post: </span></p> <p><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:small;"> </span></p> <p><span style="color:#3366ff;font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:medium;">“…but the warrant confirms they believe the MMA engineer in charge of that train <span style="color:#000000;font-size:small;">[the one that ran away]</span> didn’t apply enough hand brakes before leaving the train unmanned overnight.”</span></p> <p><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:small;"></span> </p> <p><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:small;">I will bet money that the warrant confirms no such thing. What has been widely reported is that investigators have concluded that the train ran away due to insufficient handbrakes being applied. That information is obviously true as far as it goes, but it has always stopped short of concluding that the reason there were insufficient handbrakes is because the engineer failed to apply them. </span></p> <p><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:small;">I will bet that the search warrant does not say that the engineer of the runaway train failed to apply sufficient handbrakes. But it is an easy conclusion to jump to based on the basic truth than the train had to have insufficient handbrakes set in order to roll away. </span></p> <p><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:small;">Somebody who can read French please tell us what the warrant says about this point. </span></p> <p></p> <p><span style="font-family:verdana,geneva;font-size:small;"><a href="http://globalnews.ca/news/809729/warrant-reveals-concerns-about-second-train-near-lac-megantic/">http://globalnews.ca/news/809729/warrant-reveals-concerns-about-second-train-near-lac-megantic/</a></span></p> <p></p>
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