Extracts from Search and Rescue – True Stories of Irish Air-Sea Rescues and the Loss of R116
Incoming IAA chair had learned she wasn’t being reappointed to head Shannon board
Crew flying helicopter at night in bad weather ‘unaware’ they were heading for Blackrock island
Manufacturer told ‘a few islands and lighthouses’ not mapped on system’s database
Report outlines factors which likely prevented the crew detecting Blackrock Island
Family calls for reforms to be ‘urgently’ implemented following report into 2017 crash
Crew were ‘unaware’ helicopter was headed for land before crash in March 2017
Hermione Duffy says there have been ‘many long and lonely days and nights without Mark’
Minister for Transport says he regrets implication that review costs may not be covered
Sport psychologist’s sister Dara was tragically killed while on Coast Guard duty in 2017
Scheme allows artists to earn up to € 50,000 a year on creative work free of tax
Niamh Fitzpatrick, psychologist and sister of the late helicopter pilot, on grief and loss
Replacement Rescue 116 helicopter draws a special heart sign in the square
Review board to be established for investigation after application by interested party
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