Ryan 'accepts' 42 recommendations in R116 helicopter crash report

Ryan 'accepts' 42 recommendations in R116 helicopter crash report

Captain Dara Fitzpatrick, Captain Mark Duffy, and winch men Ciarán Smith, and Paul Ormsby all lost their lives on March 14, 2017.

Transport minister Eamon Ryan has said that he fully accepts the recommendations in the report on the fatal R116 helicopter crash.

Captain Dara Fitzpatrick, chief pilot Mark Duffy, winch operator Paul Ormsby, and winchman Ciarán Smith were en route from Dublin to Blacksod in Co Mayo to refuel when the incident occurred in March 2017. 

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