What is a Jesus nut? Rotor detached from helicopter before NYC crash that killed 6

A nut that holds the aircraft's propellers could have been responsible for the incident that killed six people off the Manhattan coast.

Aviation Expert Fears Critical 'Jesus Nut' Failed in Deadly NYC Aviation Crash, Sealing Fate of All Passengers and Crew

The recent helicopter crash into the Hudson River might boil down to a single part failing, an aviation expert said. On Thursday, a Bell 206 helicopter crashed shortly after departing […] The post Aviation Expert Fears Critical 'Jesus Nut' Failed in Deadly NYC Aviation Crash, Sealing Fate of All Passengers and Crew appeared first on The Western Journal.

Why the so-called ‘Jesus nut’ could be a key piece of evidence in Hudson River helicopter crash

A fist-sized piece of equipment known as the "Jesus nut" could be a crucial piece of evidence in the horrific helicopter crash that killed a Spanish family of five and their pilot in Manhattan earlier this week.

What is a Jesus nut? Rotor detached from helicopter before NYC crash that killed 6

Video taken by an eyewitness showed the helicopter plummet into the Hudson River, followed by a detached rotor from the aircraft itself.

Fears key 'Jesus nut' failed before NYC chopper crash as vid shows it split

A SINGLE missing or faulty bolt - known in aviation as the "Jesus nut" - may have triggered the catastrophic Hudson River chopper crash, an expert has

A piece of steel the size of a fist, known in the aeronautical slang as Jesus' nut or nut, could be the key to the investigation into the helicopter accident in which the five-member Spanish family, Escobar-Camprubí, and the ex-Navy Seal pilot, Sean Johnson, died last Thursday in New York. Jesus' nut holds the main rotor to the mast of some helicopters, and some experts believe it might have been the reason the helicopter broke into the air. "Wh…