The Coast Guard search off Mayo has made significant progress today.<\/p>\n
The search crew hunting for the wreckage of missing Coast Guard helicopter Rescue 116 are beginning a meeting around now to discuss the next stage of the operation.<\/p>\n
The Irish Lights ship, the Granuaile arrived off Blacksod Bay this morning, fitted with new hi-tech equipment, which has helped the team scan the ocean bed around the suspected crash site.<\/p>\n
Heavy swells in recent days had prevented boats from getting near the site where a signal from the black box was detected.<\/p>\n
The Coast Guard's Declan Geoghegan has said that the weather finally gave them a break today.<\/p>\n
Captain Dara Fitzpatrick was laid to rest yesterday while her colleagues Mark Duffy, Paul Ormsby and Ciarn Smith all remain missing.<\/p>\n
MrGeoghegan said there was a massive amount of organisation behind today's operation. <\/p>\n
He said \"It's a combination of three agencies, the Irish Lights, the Navy Marine Institute and the Coast Guard working together in terms sharing equipment. <\/p>\n
\"So there will be sonar equipment and the diving equipment and the back-up in terms of a recompression chamber and generators.\" <\/p>\n
\"They're submersibles, thay can go underwater, there is a camera feed to the surface and they can light up an area.\" <\/p>\n
He finished by saying \"They can also do certain mechanical operations like attaching cables for lifting equipment and they use a picture of what's beneath the surface.\" <\/p>\n
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