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Wreckage Of Rescue 116 Found Off Mayo Coast

SPIN South West
SPIN South West

01:21 22 Mar 2017


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Wreckage of the missing Coastguard helicopter has been found off the Mayo coast.

The wreckage from Rescue 116 was located just off Blackrock Island, close to where the ping of the black box was found.

Searches have been carried out since the helicopter went down on Tuesday of last week.

Captain Dara Fitzpatrick died in the incident, while her colleagues Mark Duffy, Paul Ormsby and Ciaran Smyth are still missing.

In a statement, the Air Accident Investigation Unit has said: "The AAIU in consultation with An Garda Síochána, the Navy, the Coast Guard, the GSI and the Marine Institute wish to advise that following initial Remote Operated Vehicle (ROV) operations the wreckage of R116 has been positively located on the sea bed on the Eastern side of Black Rock, at a depth of approx. 40m. Operations are continuing but are weather dependent."


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