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  National Transportation Safety Board: Mechanical and communications failures led to East Palestine train derailment

  According to a recently-released National Transportation Safety Board report executive summary, a combination of mechanical failures and communications technology issues both caused and then exacerbated the severity of the February 2023 derailment of a Norfolk Southern train carrying hazardous materials in East Palestine, Ohio.

  By Nicholas Malfitano

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