https://sivertimes.com/two-hand-brakes-more-would-have-avoided-the-tragedy/73925 news and analytics Sat, 14 Oct 2017 01:26:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://sivertimes.com/two-hand-brakes-more-would-have-avoided-the-tragedy/73925#comment-3507 Sat, 14 Oct 2017 01:26:00 +0000 https://sivertimes.com/two-hand-brakes-more-would-have-avoided-the-tragedy/73925#comment-3507 The headline of this article leads the reader to a serious misunderstanding of what is known about the wreck. In his testimony, Horan admits that no new calculations were done to determine what would be required in a handbrake only securing of the equipment, even though the MMA made the train longer, heavier and more dangerous in the meantime. Review of the expert reports that will be reviewed later in the trial document that as many as 3 times the 9 in the headline would have been required. The trial will prove that this wreck was doomed to happen sooner or later under the policies of the MMA managers, who will never face accountability for what they did.

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