By Gene Johnson, The Associated Press, Peninsula Daily News; June 26, 2019
SEATTLE — The National Transportation Safety Board has published its final report on a deadly Amtrak derailment in 2017, with the agency’s vice chairman blasting what he described as a “Titanic-like complacency” among those charged with ensuring train operations were safe.
The train was on its first paid passenger run on a new route from Tacoma to Portland, Ore., when it plunged onto Interstate 5, killing three people and injuring dozens.