'Reprehensible': NTSB Chair Says Norfolk Southern Interfered With East Palestine Probe

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Edward Carver is a staff writer for Common Dreams.

The chair of the National Transportation Safety Board on Tuesday condemned Norfolk Southern for interfering with its investigation into last year's East Palestine train crash and the 'vent and burn' of harmful chemicals that followed.The remarks came at the final

. Throughout the investigation, the company delayed or avoided sharing information, sought to 'manufacture' evidence, and even issued a 'threat' to agency staff, Jennifer Homendy, the said Norfolk Southern repeatedly tried to interfere with the agency’s investigation into the East Palestine derailment. Oh, and the venting and burning of the chemicals was unnecessary and they failed to disclose it, too.“Norfolk… pic.twitter.com/BrKYD0Cm6s— Truthstream Media June 26, 2024 Dozens of train cars derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, a village near the Pennsylvania border, on February 3, 2023.

staff perceived it as a 'threat,' as 'it was delivered that way.' The alleged intimidation didn't have apparent effect. In addition to its findings about the accident and the burn, the

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