Dublin coastguard helicopter crashes into sea.

**willie wacker** · 14-03-17, 17:27

Originally Posted by Ripvanwinkle1

She came to public prominence when she featured on the TV series, focusing on the Irish coastguard helicopters, at which time she was based in Waterford.

**gillyland** · 14-03-17, 17:32

very sad, people who risk their own lives to help others are great people, heros and never get the proper recognition they deserve.

**td1** · 14-03-17, 19:32

Horrendous news.

Awful for the crew & their friends & family.

Hopefully they are found soon.

**Prickly** · 15-03-17, 04:45

This is an awful tragedy and I'm saddened by how unaffected people seem to be about it. Those helicopters are up and down the West coast all the time doing all sorts of missions.
It seems their work is taken for granted and that of all the other first line responders too.
Four families bereaved and at least six kids have lost a parent.

**bootboy** · 15-03-17, 08:01

Dreadful, dreadful news . Such brave, unselfish people. Real life heros , unlike the Kim Kardashian types of this world who many seem to celebrate.

**Ripvanwinkle1** · 15-03-17, 17:18

Pings detected from helicopter black box

**casman** · 15-03-17, 17:24

An awful sad tragedy, RIP to the heroes of Rescue 116.

**shankinosin** · 15-03-17, 21:01

RIP those brave soldiers.

**Prickly** · 16-03-17, 05:04

Originally Posted by Ripvanwinkle1

Pings detected from helicopter black box

I think they were trying to land at the wrong lighthouse. They thought they were approaching Blacksod Lighthouse when in reality they were at Black Rock lighthouse.

http://www.irishlights.ie/tourism/our-lighthouses.aspx

**willie wacker** · 16-03-17, 10:47

They were there because the Air Corps could not provide top cover
http://www.newstalk.com/Defence-Forc...ent-on-mission

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