Divers bid to retrieve black box from Rescue 116

Divers and robots will today try to retrieve the black box of Irish Coast Guard helicopter R116 from the ocean where it is thought to lie at a depth of up to 40 metres.

A signal from the recorder device was detected at 4pm yesterday after 36 hours of searching. It was detected approximately 60 metres off the small island on which Blackrock lighthouse stands.

Specialist equipment arrived to Blacksod Bay in Co Mayo from Britain last night to assist in the search for R116, which crashed in the early hours of Tuesday morning, claiming the life of Captain Dara Fitzpatrick.