Originally Posted by
cncpc
They must have believed they were VMC.
There are a couple of townlands, Glosh and Nakil, along a road running north south about 2.5 miles west of Blacksod up on a rise of land up to 150 feet ASL. About 50 or 60 houses. It may be that these were visible in the turn back eastbound, confirming that they were VMC, at least at that point. That high land would have obscured Blacksod light.
The report says they were on the warm side of a cold front running northeast to southwest and located at the time off the northern tip of Ireland.
But no mention by the Crew of seeing any lights.