WATCH: Eyewitnesses to low flying helicopter on Kerry beach feared for their lives

“Someone could have been killed, and we are just lucky that we got out of the way in time"

Low flying helicopter on Banna beach, Co Kerry. Picture: Screengrab from John Jeffers video/Facebook

Eyewitnesses to an incident where a helicopter cruised at low level in thick fog across a popular Co Kerry beach have questioned why the Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) is not pursuing it further.

Video footage of the incident shows the helicopter — EC (Eurocopter) 155 — flying through fog along the shoreline at around 10m (33 ft) with no lights, against aviation rules.