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How the Helicopter Came Down

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April 21 – May 4, 2025

Video shows its rotors and tail breaking off in midair.

- Jeff Wise

How the Helicopter Came Down

THE TOURIST helicopter that crashed into the Hudson River on April 10, killing the pilot and five passengers, appears to have fallen victim to a hazard known as “mast bumping.” It’s a phenomenon unique to helicopters with semi-rigid rotors like this one, a Bell 206L-4 LongRanger, and it’s particular to their structure. The blades are attached to a hub that in turn is connected to a mast that projects upward from the transmission. As Robert E. Joslin, a professor at Florida's Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, explains, “Think of a drinki

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