Will Fraser:
If this is verbatim, it didn't appear originally in English, NTSB doesn't make those kinds of syntactic blunders.
The press is jumping on it without providing a single additional detail from the NTSB. This stuff was not cross-checked by any (real) journalist.
Also:
- why only the A330 without the A340?
- nothing about the suspected pitot probe model;
- still nothing published in the NTSB press releases page where the other one is published: "NTSB Issues Update On Investigation Into Collision Of Two Metrorail Trains In Washington, D.C."
NTSB - Press Releases
Someone with a genuine (older) NTSB e-mail archived should be able to compare the headers and tell us the truth. I don't think that the NTSB would use MSN for sending e-mails.
This is plain wrong and smell like another hoax. The previous NW Capitain's report looked strange also and circulated by e-mails (a friend who had it from a friend, e-mailed it to me...).