Calls for review of route guides in use by search and rescue helicopters
It comes following a report into the R116 helicopter crash off the coast of Mayo
A report into the R116 helicopter crash off the coast of Mayo has recommended that the company that runs the Coast Guard service in Ireland should review route guides in use by search and rescue helicopters.
Four crew members died when Rescue 116 went down last month near Blackrock Island.
The initial report from the Air Accident Investigation unit is analysing data from the blackbox flight recorder.
Paddy Judge is a former AAIU inspector, he's been looking at the details of the report.
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