Bazzy wrote: » Its a bit eerie and or sad how quiet this thread has become
Storm 10 wrote: » Great to see Rescue 116 is now operational againhttps://rnli.org/news-and-media/2017/april/11/skerries-rnli-rescue-swimmer-in-difficulty-at-shenick-island
cabledude wrote: » I thought they might 'retire' the 116 call sign as a mark of respect. Go out to rescue 119.
Storm 10 wrote: » Best way to remember them is to use their call sign, it will always remind people of what happened
Comhra wrote: » "Downed Rescue 116 'pitched up rapidly' in final seconds before striking terrain, preliminary report reveals"http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/downed-rescue-116-pitched-up-rapidly-in-final-seconds-before-striking-terrain-preliminary-report-reveals-35621566.html
Wise Old Elf wrote: » It's not up (yet) on the aaiu website. The journal.ie has a similar story with a brief CVR transcript from the last few seconds of flight
Oscar Bravo wrote: » http://www.rte.ie/news/2017/0413/867658-blacksod-investigation/
Big Nasty wrote: » Human error alright, but not by the crew.
Biggest lickspittle on boardz wrote: » Based on the evidence supplied, I think we can be in no doubt now. This was CFIT, and all the emotions in the world aren't going to deny it. It was an error by a highly trained, outstanding crew, doing an exceptional job in extremely dangerous circumstances. This doesn't for one moment take away from the achievements and successful missions that the crew of R116 made. We don't do them any justice by trying to downplay what happened. It was an accident, no more and no less. We've all been affected by the tragedy in one way or another, whether we knew the crew or not-they felt like family all the same. I pray we can recover the remaining crew members and give them back to their families.https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/rescue-116-pitched-up-rapidly-before-crashing-into-island-1.3048070
elastico wrote: » How do you make that out? They were flying at 200ft when they should have been flying at ~3000ft.
TomOnBoard wrote: » Error by crew is NOT what the Times report is saying... That report says: " The report details how aircraft relies on an Enhanced Ground Proximity Warning System (EGPWS) to detect obstacles, providing a visual and audio alert to the pilot. “The EGPWS provides the flight crew (subject to the display selections made) with a display of the helicopter position relative to the databases of surrounding terrain and obstacles. If the EGPWS detects that the helicopter is, or will come into, conflict with database terrain or obstacle(s), it will provide a combination of annunciator lights, colour display(s) and aural alerts to the pilot.†The report continues: “In relation to Black Rock and its Lighthouse the EGPWS manufacturer informed the Investigation that ‘The lighthouse obstacle is not in the obstacle database and the terrain of the island is not in our terrain database’.†That suggests to me that the crew relied on EGPWS and it was devoid of info on Blackrock.?
