Irish Examiner view: Bitter lessons from crash at Blackrock

The Air Accident Investigation Unit’s report proves to be dispiriting reading and provides chilling feedback

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

The day after four brave members of the Irish Coast Guard lost their lives off Mayo, and while the search for survivors was under way, we reflected on the great risks that rescue crews take to save others from hazardous circumstances.

This is indeed the kindness of strangers “expressed with an extraordinarily selfless generosity... allied to exceptional courage”.