Company repeatedly told that life jackets supplied to Rescue 116 pilots 'not fit for purpose'

The company that runs the search and rescue helicopter service, CHC Ireland, received repeated warnings over five years that the life jackets they supplied to their pilots were not fit for purpose.

A number of pilots had warned management that the personal locator beacons on the life jackets would not work as they were not installed according to the beacon manufacturer’s guidelines, according to RTÉ's Prime Time.