Report
recommends review of route guides following R116
tragedy
A
report into the Rescue 116 helicopter crash has recommended there should be a
review of route guides in use by search and rescue helicopters in
Ireland.
It
follows confirmation that the aircraft warning system did not have data related
to Blackrock Island, where the helicopter crashed.
The
initial report from the Air Accident Investigation unit, which is analysing data
from the blackbox flight recorder, says the craft 'pitched up rapidly' in its
final seconds.
The
flight went down last month resulting in the loss of all four crew members'
lives.
The
Air Accident Investigation Unit has been examining data from the blackbox flight
recorder since it was found among the wreckage.
Its
former head of engineering Graham Leddy says crucial information wasn't relayed
to the pilot: "They have this new system, Enhanced ground proximity warning
system, EGPWS,
"It
looks ahead electronically and says in front of you there are these obstacles,
at the moment they may be below you but you need to fly higher to increase your
safety altitude.
"It
would transpire that the Blackrock, which is a very substantial piece of
terrain, is not actually in this database."
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