Inthedetails
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Except they are saying this alleged projectile hit the front of the windshield. I personally think that all of the strikes on the windshield are from the accident.
What I find confusing is all of the excuses being made for this man. I am not crucifying him. He made a tragic error and caused this accident. There is just nothing I have seen to explain away his actions - certainly not a rock hitting his windshield!!
This wasn't a "few seconds" of increased speed. It increased for 45 seconds. That is a long time to be so distracted that you have no idea what is happening to the train you are in control of.
The explanation (at this point in the investigation) is bolded above. He made a tragic error. That is not an excuse - the error was NOT OKAY, but it was an accident (as far as we know at this point).
I recall airline pilots - two in the cockpit - who missed the airport completely and a flight attendant had to remind them they forgot to land. Oops.
I'm thinking of surgeries where the doctor removed the wrong body part or forgot a medical tool inside the body. This is in a surgical room full of intelligent professionals who want to do the right thing...but for some reason failed.
These were errors, accidents, negligence...but that doesn't make them intentional and it also doesn't make them excusable. But it does mean that the person made a mistake that can't be explained any other way except humans f' up sometimes and it can be a tragedy.
And just because it's an accident doesn't mean the person is not held responsible. If you cause an accident by human error, you are responsible for it.