Search for Rescue 116: British experts to probe black box

The black box from Irish Coast Guard helicopter R116 will be given to British experts today in the hope that they will be able to shed light on what caused Rescue 116 to crash off the coast of Co Mayo.

Meanwhile, the painstaking search is continuing for the missing crew who are presumed dead following the crash in the early hours of Tuesday, March 14.

R116, a Sikorsky S-92, was providing top cover to another Irish Coast Guard helicopter carrying out a medical evacuation on a fishing boat.