Originally Posted by
G0ULI
Frustrating as it may be to those seeking answers, this is a recovery operation, not a rescue. The data recorders have been recovered which should go a long way to determining the cause.
While recovery of the remainder of the wreckage and/or casualties is highly desireable, neither justify risking the loss of further lives if conditions are too dangerous. It is just as important to know where to draw the line when attempting these types of recovery as it is to keep an aircraft on the ground when the weather conditions dictate.
Exercising patience and extreme caution are the only way to proceed with this operation and an acceptance that sometimes the sea refuses to yield its' secrets.
Frustrating as it may be but there are questions that have to be answered especially if it finds out the R 116 suffered some sort of Technical malfunction and is it fleet line problem there are families waiting for the loved ones to be laid rest and in piece we are nearly into week 4 and all we have right now is a whole load of what if's and speculation and that the a/c was at the location of Blackrock that is all we have right now, I appreciate that conditions are dangerous out there but we are still no nearer to know what has happened to R116 time is running out questions have to be answered.