Originally Posted by
rotorspeed
And then we come to the critical issue of navigation. Given that there is a significant chance that this aircraft was not where its crew thought it was, I am astonished to gather from some posts that there is a possibility this S92 did not have a moving map display in the cockpit? Is this really the case? It seems incredible if so that a $20m aircraft can have less such kit than most single engined VFR helis. And such an omission may well be a major contributory factor in this accident.
Not as standard they don't, it's a cost option, no knowledge if the SAR 92's have them or not.
As for not being where they thought it was I find it hard to think they mistook the lighthouse for Blacksod, aircraft heading would mean they were aproaching Blacksod from the wrong direction and put them over land?