2017 Irish Coast Guard Rescue 116 crash

When

14 Mar 2017

Kind

Air disaster

Coordinates

54.07° N, 10.32° W

Description

helicopter that crashed

Deaths

4

In the early hours of 14 March 2017, a Sikorsky S-92 helicopter operated by CHC Helicopter under contract to the Irish Coast Guard crashed into Blackrock, an offshore lighthouse, while supporting a rescue operation off County Mayo, on Ireland's west coast. All four crew members on board, Captain Dara Fitzpatrick, Chief Pilot Mark Duffy, winch operator Paul Ormsby, and winch man Ciarán Smith were killed.

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