Irish Coastguard Helicopter down
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grumpy52 said:
Helicopter from Sligo has gone down in the sea overnight ,one survivor in critical condition has been recovered .
Lots of debris found and 3 others still missing .
Doesn't look good.
More details at Breakingnewsie.
That info is incorrect. The Sligo aircraft was responding to an incident and Dublin was due to provide topcover. It was the Dublin based aircraft that appears to have been going in for a refuel when it's come down. Lots of debris found and 3 others still missing .
Doesn't look good.
More details at Breakingnewsie.
Reading other reports ,I stand corrected .
A sad day and even more personal if it was the Dublin crew that I photgraphed when they did an exercise with the ferry I was on .
The origanal report that I saw was a bit confusing as they stated 4 POB but inferences of having picked up an injured person as was the mission.
Very sad for all involved.
A sad day and even more personal if it was the Dublin crew that I photgraphed when they did an exercise with the ferry I was on .
The origanal report that I saw was a bit confusing as they stated 4 POB but inferences of having picked up an injured person as was the mission.
Very sad for all involved.
grumpy52 said:
Reading other reports ,I stand corrected .
A sad day and even more personal if it was the Dublin crew that I photgraphed when they did an exercise with the ferry I was on .
The origanal report that I saw was a bit confusing as they stated 4 POB but inferences of having picked up an injured person as was the mission.
Very sad for all involved.
4persons on board and 1 had been recovered to hospital although in a statement on TV/radio they said they didn't think they would make it and they believe the chances of any other survivors is unlikely. A sad day and even more personal if it was the Dublin crew that I photgraphed when they did an exercise with the ferry I was on .
The origanal report that I saw was a bit confusing as they stated 4 POB but inferences of having picked up an injured person as was the mission.
Very sad for all involved.
A very sad day for the SAR family.
The track is on MarineTraffic and looks like a let down over the sea prior to landing for refuel in what looks like low cloud looking at forecasts for that time.
Very sad news indeed, there is a link on pprune to a website reporting the name of the female pilot who was found and has subsequently died. More info on there too, sounds like it was the second approach to a coastal refuelling site in poor weather at night, although it is still very early days to ascertain exactly what happened. I fly the same type of aircraft, albeit in the oil and gas world, as opposed to sar and would bet my life on it. It has an excellent safety record thus far (touch wood) and lots of very useful systems to protect you from the world and other aircraft. My deepest condolences and sincerest sympathies to the families of the crew.
It's so sad , living on the coast in a town with a lifeboat we take the SAR boys and girls a little bit for granted .
I always give them a cheery wave as they transit the area .
We see them on the sunny days and envy them being on a "jolly".
Then suddenly we lose a unit .
It's rarely a single team member but a whole crew ,a team .
Those that we for some reason think of as invincible,galloping over the horizon to help those in need .
Suddenly they are very human ,taken from us in but a moment .
A very sad time .
I always give them a cheery wave as they transit the area .
We see them on the sunny days and envy them being on a "jolly".
Then suddenly we lose a unit .
It's rarely a single team member but a whole crew ,a team .
Those that we for some reason think of as invincible,galloping over the horizon to help those in need .
Suddenly they are very human ,taken from us in but a moment .
A very sad time .
It's been a long time since any SAR crew were lost whilst on service - the last RNLI deaths were at Penlee, although I recall a non-RNLI crew member being killed by an exploding maroon a few years ago.
Bill Deacon, the winchman of the Sumburgh S61N, died in 1997.
My thoughts are with all the families involved.
Bill Deacon, the winchman of the Sumburgh S61N, died in 1997.
My thoughts are with all the families involved.
The black box signal was detected yesterday http://m.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/republic-of-i... although the BBC have mentioned from a quote that it's in around 40m of water.
saaby93 said:
A few
Isnt this one more a reliance on computers over the MK1 eyeball?
If the guy with the binos says right hand down a bit - he means right hand down a bit, despite the computer having nothing to worry about
It says weather was moderate to poor vis with fog. I'd suggest that binoculars wouldn't be a great deal of use and that the pilots would be more than use to make use of whatever vis was available.Isnt this one more a reliance on computers over the MK1 eyeball?
If the guy with the binos says right hand down a bit - he means right hand down a bit, despite the computer having nothing to worry about
If there are any pilots here why on earth would an island with a presumably decades if not centuries old lighthouse not be a feature on EGPWS?
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