A piece of steel of the size of a fist known as the “nuts of Jesus” could be crucial evidence in the horrible helicopter accident that killed a Spanish family of five and its pilot in Manhattan earlier this week.
The so -called “Jesus Nut” holds the main rotor to the mast of some helicopters, and some experts have speculated that he could have why the helicopter broke into the air.
“What seems to have happened with this helicopter in particular is that the rotor, the main rotor … had separated, because in a video we see that the blades move away from the helicopter,” said aviation analyst Julian Bray to Sun.
“But this seems to have cut through the rear half of the helicopter, so the fuselage then falls like a stone to the Hudson River, just in front of the 41st spring.”
Bray also said that it is a standard procedure to regularly verify the “nuts of Jesus.”
“There is a particular procedure that must be reviewed every time your service, and is known as the ‘Bolt de Jesus’ … because everything will feel about apartment,” he said.
“It is defective or adjusts, or for some reason it cut.”
The helicopter rotors are still missing, said the National Transportation Security Board at a press conference on Friday.
The term “Nut of Jesus” was probably a water duration of the Vietnam War, referring to the fact that if it happened that it separated, the only thing that the crew could do was pray to Jesus, according to Technology.org.
The tragic accident on Thursday afternoon after the life of The pilot, Marina’s veteran are Johnson36, And a family of tourists, Agustín Escobar, 49, his wife, Mercè Camprubí Montal, and his three children, Augustin, 10, Mercedes, 8, and Victor, 4, in tow.
Mercedes would have celebrated his ninth birthday on Big Apple’s trip.
The family embarked on Tourism Chopper Longranger IV Longranger IV, which separated in the air and immersed himself in the Hudson River 25 minutes from his tour of Manhattan. The plane had a mechanical problem with its transmission last September, according to the data of the Federal Aviation Administration. By then, he had registered 12,728 hours of flight time.
The relatives of the Escobar family published a sincere note on X on Friday to honor them.
“There are no words to describe what we are experiencing, nor to thank you for the warmth,” said the letter, published in X by Joan Camprubí Montal, and signed by 19 members of the Montal Escobar and Camprubí families.
“These are very difficult times, but optimism and joy have always characterized our family. We want to preserve the memory of a happy and united family, at the sweetest moment of their lives.”