Press event coincided with the 50th anniversary of a train collision in Darien, Conn., that killed four people and injured 43 others.
Chairman Robert Sumwalt announced Sharon Bryson managing director and Paul Sledzik deputy managing director.
Appointment as vice chairman is for a two-year term and the term as member is for five years.
The Dec.18, 2017 derailment of Amtrak train #501 killed three people and injured 62.
The chartered train was carrying lawmakers to a retreat in West Virginia.
Inward-facing video with audio captured the crew’s actions and their conversations.
Jim Hamre and Zack Willhoite both worked in the transportation industry.
The train engineer saw equipment and people working on and near track 3 and initiated emergency braking that slowed the train from 106 mph to approximately 99 mph at the time of impact.
In response to a deadly September 2016 train crash, the agency updated its screening process for sleeping disorders.
The recorders must be easily accessible to review, with appropriate limitations on public release, for accident investigation and as a tool to improve operational safety.