Originally Posted by
El Bunto
Thank you - the initial reports were that 115 from Shannon had conducted the lift from the ship.
So the question still stands, why remove east-coast SAR cover instead of using Shannon for top-cover? I'm not criticising, I'm just perplexed. There is a spare 92 at Shannon, too, though presumably would need crew.
Hey EB, I haven't seen any news reports indicating that 115 was involved in the initial shout.
Regarding your question it would be fair to assume that they knew what they were doing in terms of what assets to mobilize for the particular situation that arose that night.
I would also assume that 115 at Shannon was still available to cover the west coast and 117 at Waterford was still available to cover the east coast while 118 and 116 were engaged in the operation.
RIP to the brave souls who were lost and Condolences to everybody involved, a terrible tragedy.