Search area mapped out in bid to find missing Coast Guard helicopter crew

Search teams looking for three crewmen from a Coast Guard helicopter that crashed into the Atlantic have successfully mapped out a section of water where they believe the aircraft's black box recorder lies.

Search area mapped out in bid to find missing Coast Guard helicopter crew

Search teams looking for three crewmen from a Coast Guard helicopter that crashed into the Atlantic have successfully mapped out a section of water where they believe the aircraft's black box recorder lies.

But despite a 10-hour operation preparing the 100m by 100m area off Blacksod, Co Mayo, for a dive and underwater robot operation, large swells expected on Monday could hamper progress again.

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