Bolt Was Missing on Police Helicopter That Crashed in South Carolina, Report Says

Bolt Was Missing on Police Helicopter That Crashed in South Carolina, Report Says
Charleston International Airport in North Charleston, S.C., in June 2017. Google Maps/Screenshot via The Epoch Times
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A police helicopter that crashed at a South Carolina airport was missing a bolt that should have been removed and reinstalled during maintenance about six weeks earlier, federal officials said in a report.

A second bolt on the Charleston County Sheriff’s Office helicopter also was loose and the pilot, who survived, told investigators he felt like his foot controls to move the aircraft’s tail rotors weren’t working, according to the preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board.