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Rescue 116: From responding to a call about a minor fishing accident to utter devastation

The Irish Times 06 Nov 2021

By 11pm Fitzpatrick, her co-pilot Capt Mark Duffy and winch team Paul Ormsby and Ciarán Smith were in the air heading towards the west coast ... While in the air Fitzpatrick turned to Duffy to ask him to calculate how long it would take the crew to fly to Sligo, and then onwards to the fishing boat ... Duffy agreed the lighting was “atrocious”.

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Relatives to sue as report highlights failures in rescue helicopter crash

The Times/The Sunday Times 06 Nov 2021

Captain Dara Fitzpatrick, Captain Mark Duffy, winch operator Paul Ormsby and winchman Ciarán Smith were killed when Rescue 116 crashed into Blackrock Island in Co Mayo.Sponsored.

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Final report on fatal Rescue 116 crash reveals the humanity of tragic air crew

Irish Independent 06 Nov 2021

Mark Duffy meeting a friend for coffee before doing jobs around the house ... Poignantly, for the distinguished crew of R116 – Captain Dara Fitzpatrick, Captain Mark Duffy, winch operator Paul Ormsby and winchman Ciarán Smith – the week before the accident that cost them their lives ...

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Concerns raised about warning system years before Rescue 116 crash

The Irish Times 06 Nov 2021

Capt Dara Fitzpatrick, Capt Mark Duffy and winch team Paul Ormsby and Ciarán Smith died when the Irish Coast Guard Sikorsky helicopter crashed at Blackrock island, 13km west of Blacksod, Co Mayo, in March 2017, as it was travelling to help airlift an injured fisherman off a boat ... Rescue 116 ... ‘Obvious hazard’ ... News Digests ... .

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‘Systemic safety issues’ identified in report into R116 helicopter crash

Belfast Telegraph 05 Nov 2021

Captain Dara Fitzpatrick, Captain Mark Duffy, winchman Ciaran Smith and winchman Paul Orsmby, were killed in the crash (Irish Coast Guard/PA) ... Captain Dara Fitzpatrick, Captain Mark Duffy, winchman Ciaran Smith and winchman Paul Orsmby, were killed in the crash (Irish Coast Guard/PA).

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Rescue 116 crew ‘badly let down’, says family of Capt Dara Fitzpatrick

The Irish Times 05 Nov 2021

Capt Fitzpatrick, Capt Mark Duffy and winch team Paul Ormsby and Ciarán Smith all died when their Sikorsky S-92 helicopter crashed at Blackrock island, 13km west of Blacksod, Co Mayo, in March 2017 ... Widow of pilot Mark Duffy welcomes pending report My sister Dara Fitzpatrick ‘was more than a pilot and more than her death’.

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Lessons must be learnt from R116 coastguard tragedy, Taoiseach says

Belfast Telegraph 05 Nov 2021

Speaking on Friday, Mr Martin said Government must act on those recommendations. He said ... He added ... Captain Dara Fitzpatrick, the commander of the flight, was pulled from the sea in the hours after the crash and never regained consciousness, while the body of Captain Mark Duffy, the co-pilot, was taken from the cockpit 12 days later by Navy divers ... .

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Rescue 116: 'Navigational issues' a major factor in helicopter crash

BBC News 05 Nov 2021

A report investigating an Irish Coast Guard helicopter crash that killed four people has identified navigational issues as a major contributory factor ... The bodies of Captain Dara Fitzpatrick and Captain Mark Duffy were found following the crash, but those of winch operator Paul Ormsby and winchman Ciarán Smith have never been found ... Related Topics. .

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Actions of crew who died in R116 helicopter tragedy were not a factor in crash, air accident inquiry finds

Irish Independent 05 Nov 2021

The final investigation report into the R116 disaster has found that the actions of the crew were not a factor in the crash ... The report lays out a detailed narrative of events that led to the tragic deaths of Captain Dara Fitzpatrick, Captain Mark Duffy, winch operator Paul Ormsby and winchman Ciarán Smith ... Read More. Caroline O'Doherty.

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'Navigational issues' a major factor in R116 helicopter crash

RTE 05 Nov 2021

Four crew members were killed when Rescue 116 crashed into Blackrock Island, in March 2017 . ... The remains of two of the crew - Captain Dara Fitzpatrick and Captain Mark Duffy - were found in the weeks that followed, but the bodies of two others, Winch operator, Paul Ormsby, and Winchman, Ciarán Smith, remain lost at sea ... Among them ... .

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Go leor ceisteanna faoi threalamh ar bord héileacaptar R116 an Gharda Cósta - ina measc ...

RTE 05 Nov 2021

Tuigtear go bhfoilseofar an tuarascáil inniu. Cailleadh Dara Fitzpatrick, Paul Ormsby, Ciarán Smith agus Mark Duffy nuair a bhuail an héileacaptar R116 ina raibh siad in aghaidh Charaig an Toir, siar amach ó chósta an Fhóid Dubh ar an 13ú Márta 2017 ... .

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Rescue 116 report criticises navigational issues that contributed to crash

The Irish Times 05 Nov 2021

Capt Dara Fitzpatrick, Capt Mark Duffy and winch team Paul Ormsby and Ciarán Smith all died when their Sikorsky S-92 helicopter crashed at Blackrock island, 13km west of Blacksod, Co Mayo, in March 2017. The helicopter was being operated by a company called CHC Ireland on behalf of the Irish Coast Guard ... .

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Rescue 116: Widow of pilot Mark Duffy welcomes pending report

The Irish Times 04 Nov 2021

The widow of helicopter pilot Captain Mark Duffy who died in the Coastguard Rescue 116 crash in 2017 has welcomed the pending publication of an official investigation report saying it would deliver her family closure ... our worlds were thrown upside down and Mark lost his life”.

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Widow of Rescue 116 crew member pays tribute to team who perished as report into helicopter report to be released

Irish Independent 04 Nov 2021

The final report of the State’s Air Accident Investigation Unit (AAIU) will be published tomorrow, and in a statement this evening, Hermione Duffy, the wife of Captain Mark Duffy welcomed the finality it will bring. Captain Dara Fitzpatrick, Captain Mark Duffy, winch operator Paul ...

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R116 report to question whether mission was necessary

RTE 04 Nov 2021

Paul Ormsby, Dara Fitzpatrick, Ciarán Smith and Mark Duffy died when their helicopter crashed into an island off the coast of Mayo just after midnight on 14 March 2017 ... Pilot Dara Fitzpatrick, co-pilot Mark Duffy, winch operator Paul Ormsby and winchman Ciarán Smith lost their lives.