Truly shocking!!!!!!!
Ongoing safety concerns for search and rescue helicopter services
RTÉ’s Prime Time also reported that a few weeks before the R116 crash, Coast Guard pilots began testing a new electronic mapping system which was uploaded on to a mini iPad and strapped to the pilots' knee boards.
Both pilots on R116 took these iPads on board on the night of the crash off the Co Mayo coast.
The map that was used was not approved for use as a navigation tool as it was still on trial.
It showed Black Rock Island at 46ft, however, it is 282ft at its highest point.
RTÉ’s Prime Time has learned that the search and rescue teams had been complaining about poor quality maps and navigation equipment for months before the crash.
In September 2016, a flight safety meeting attended by R116 winch man Paul Ormsby, discussed feedback on their new Operations Manual.
The manual warned that the moving map system on board the helicopters should not be used for primary navigation "as it provides insufficient detail and is not kept up to date".
https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2017...02-rescue-116/
https://twitter.com/KatieGHannon
RTE Primetime - report should appear here soon
https://www.rte.ie/news/player/prime-time/
Rescue 116: HSA investigation opens possibility of prosecutions
Faulty locator beacons in crew’s life jackets highlighted five years ago, RTÉ reports
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/irel...ions-1.3270581