Mark Rosenker Quotations

The potential consequences of these fires can be catastrophic.

We believe that more than 500,000 vehicles equipped with air brakes may be operated by drivers who, like the Glen Rock driver, have no air brake training and therefore may not be able to operate their vehicles safely.

We believe this recommendation needs the immediate attention of the FAA since we will be experiencing winter weather conditions in many areas of our nation for several more months to come.

We're going to learn a lot by using this vessel. The top of the vessel is virtually identical, and the hull is identical. That will be enough to give us what we need to know.

We'll be looking at operations. We'll be looking at human factors.

We'll be looking at everything in this investigation. Nothing is off the table.

We've seen fatigue. We don't know why that fatigue appeared. That is what we're trying to determine. This crack appears to extend through a majority of the spar at the location of the separation.

Learning to drive and being distracted is a recipe for disaster.

Learning how to drive while distracted is definitely a recipe for disaster.

Sixty-nine miles per hour is very, very fast when you're dealing with a 10-mile-an-hour restriction.

Sixty-nine miles an hour is very, very fast when you're dealing with a 10-mile-an-hour restriction,

We must do everything we can to reduce these needless deaths and we strongly believe that banning wireless communications devices for teen-agers learning to drive will help significantly.

Last night was different. Different because of the extremely crowded roads, perhaps because of the Thanksgiving holiday. Perhaps people weren't focusing, perhaps they were thinking about a Thanksgiving dinner with their family.

Remember who drove the car into the crossing area. Who drove the car? The train didn't drive there. It goes there. It can't go anywhere else, ... The decision-making process was made by a driver. People have to be sensitive to the dangers of these rail crossings.

The aircraft, although badly mangled, came up in one large piece because of all the wires and cables that were holding it together.

We have too long been advocating changes. It's on our most-wanted list. This is a tragedy that should not have happened.

We have to look at the event data recorder in more detail.

We have to look at event data recorder in more detail. We must also coordinate that with the signal logs, which will give us an idea of what was supposed to have happened.

We're not shooting from the hip here to hurt somebody because it seems expedient and that maybe it appears to be that way,

We were very, very lucky last night. People could have died. When you look at the pictures of the automobiles that were crushed, it's amazing that they weren't.

We don't want to get into the details of what he shared with us.

We're trying to do this as quickly as possible, as safely as possible.

We will be looking at all factors. The training, human factors, the history of this particular captain and the rules and regulations he operates under,

This was extremely disappointing. When you get in the cockpit, this is serious business.

We want to give the port back to the captain.

We terminated the test because it was unsafe at that point.

The train should have been slower we believe, when it made that crossover, that would be the way it was supposed to operate.

The very essence of the EMS mission is saving lives. Operating an EMS flight in an unsafe environment just makes no sense.

The Safety Board believes that had an automatic train control system ... been in place at the time of the accidents, the accidents could have been avoided.

It was unfortunate, careless behavior that left that switch misaligned,

During takeoff, landing and turbulence, adults are required to be buckled up, baggage and coffee pots are stowed, computers are turned off and put away, yet infants and toddlers need not be restrained.

This is a tragedy that should not have happened.

This is a delicate operation. There's a great deal of science to this type of recovery.

There is not one answer that says everyone drops down to 26 mph,

There is this myth out there that says if you're involved in a catastrophic aircraft accident the odds are extremely low. That's inaccurate. The odds are extremely high.

It's like a scientific road test of the vessel, ... Tomorrow, we're going to learn significantly more.

It's a very scientific road test of the vehicle.

It's much too early to determine what happened on that lake. Nothing is off the table.

The board believes that this urgent recommendation, if acted upon quickly, will go a long way to prevent a catastrophic failure of the rudder.

The National Transportation Safety Board has made runway safety a top priority since 1990 and continues to encourage the FAA to develop and implement effective means for preventing runway incursions,

The consensus within the interviews is that they all saw black smoke coming from the right side of the aircraft.

Investigators will closely examine the maintenance records to determine any information that helps us understand the flight load history of the aircraft, any repairs made to this area of the wing or any other historical information that helps us determine the sequence of events that lead to this tragic accident.

I believe it (the braking system) would have prevented this type of accident.

He put his train into emergency braking and radioed his dispatcher,

The increase in accidents is disappointing. But the decrease in total fatalities is a hopeful sign.

The pilot is still the pilot, whether he is at a remote console or on the flight deck. With the potential for thousands of these unmanned aircraft in use years from now, the standards for pilot training need to be set high to ensure that those on the ground and other users of the airspace are not put in jeopardy.

These findings clearly show that too many children age 12 and under are riding at risk in cars because they are not properly restrained in rear seats.

The examination of the wing root has found indications of a fatigue crack on the wing spar.

The examination of the wing root has found indications of a fatigue crack in the wing spar. This crack appears to extend through a majority of the spar at the location of the separation.

All three data recorders we're going to look at, we're going to compare them. They should give us pretty much the same information.