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Norfolk Southern and contractors botched the decision to blow open five vinyl chloride tank cars after last year's derailment in East Palestine , Ohio .
Trackside detectors that might have prevented the crash failed to accurately detect the temperature of a burning wheel bearing 20 miles ( 32.19 kilometers ) beforehand.
Officials intentionally released and burned toxic vinyl chloride from five railcars three days after the crash, sending flames and smoke into the air.
NTSB recommendations aren’t binding, but Congress may be willing to enforce some of them because of the crash’s spotlight on rail safety.
Norfolk Southern has since put two people on duty and is trying for three , NTSB investigators said.
The company also announced last week that it will lead an industrywide examination of how to improve the way vent-and-burn decisions are made in future derailments.
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