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Updated: 10.30
A HELICOPTER CARRYING five people has gone missing over the Irish Sea and search and rescue operations are currently underway, according to the UK Coastguard.
In a statement released this evening, a ”privately-owned twin squirrel red helicopter with five people on board is believed to have left Milton Keynes earlier today en route to Dublin, via Caernarfon Bay”.
Earlier this afternoon, radar contact was lost with the helicopter. The UK Coastguard contacted all nearby airbases which reported no sighting or radio contact from the helicopter.
The flight took off from Milton Keynes at around midday. It should have arrived in Dublin before 6pm.
It is understood that five men were on board the aircraft, all of whom are from the UK.
According to a spokeswoman from the UK’s Maritime and Coastguard: “Searches are being hampered due to poor visibility and low cloud cover. The helicopter departed Milton Keynes at around noon today. It is a UK registered helicopter.”
UK Coastguard duty commander Peter Davies said: ”We have established a search plan between Caernarfon Bay and the shore of Dublin and currently have two coastguard helicopters searching the route.
“We are in the process of contacting all the vessels in the Irish Sea that were in the vicinity around midday and we are continuing mayday broadcast action for any vessels currently in the area to contact us if they have further information.
“At the moment we are appealing to these vessels and to the public that if they have seen a twin squirrel red helicopter to please contact 999 and ask for the Coastguard.”
The Irish Coastguard is also helping with the operation.
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A historic and brave move by the PIRA ..Let’s hope that the British army in Ireland behave themselfs till we vote them home.
Brave to stop murdering? Tell that to the parents of the toddler murdered in Warrington.
Yes it was an historic occaision but please stop the romantic nonsense that it was brave.
Any side that takes the decision to call a ceasefire during a war is a brave thing to do Bruce … Let your pro British mind not stand in the way of that .
Cillian, I am irish and proud of it. Unlike you I have an open mind and am not blinded by romantic rhetoric.
Does that include Israel?
bruce,
more irish cildren died at the hands of british terrorists, interesting you chose warrington, which a warning had been given, the british didn’t give warnings for dublin monaghan mcgurks etc
Well weren’t the marvellous men – they gave a warning. Hands clean then.
What about mullaghmore?
mullaghmore, where the ira killed an mi6 terrorist, what about it?
Collateral damage, that’s what the brits call the death of civilians caught up in a bomb.
Actually I was speaking about the young innocent boy who was murdered.
over a hundred innocent boys and girls were murdered by the british army can you be more specific?
Honest question Do you think the use of proxy bombs by the IRA threatening the life’s of someone’s family so he will blow himself up at a british post is brave? Making innocent civilians act as suicide bombers? Making innocent civilians do their dirty work?
The young innocent murdered on the boat that was blown up off the sligo coast.
But I am sure you knew that already.
Out of curiosity can you name the hundreds of boys and girls murdered?
yes ican, they are listed in the book lost lifes, maybe you should buy it, it might keep you away from the sunday independent.
A NI border poll would struggle to get 25% for a united Ireland. Plenty of opinion polls and census figures to back that up. Game over.
opinion polls in the sunday independent?
lmfao lol lol lol rflmfao
The Sindo?.. nah just census figures and an array of recent opinion polls. Truth hurts.
@Seekinguniversal finally something we agree on! – the Sunday independent is a rag.
We have come a long way since then. I dont think I filled out a PTA card since. Regardless of our political views it should be remembered that people whose lives were at stake on both sides of the argument took brave steps & showed true courage in facing down those with extreme views on how to resolve this conflict.
What the IRA did received no positive answer.The Loyalists did not disarm.And then Sinn Fein bowed down to the Loyalists .Proof :Martin Mc Guinness is DEPUTY First Minister.The Loyalist Robinson is first minister.The Loyalists have won all sides sadly.
A very important and progressive day in our islands history..
patrick lyons,
the IRA winning democracy and civil rights and paving the way for unity must disgust you and your fellow uvf supporters.
Did the IRA get a united ireland? Did they achieve ‘brits out’? The answer of course is no.. They realised it was futile to continue as it was a waste of time as they could never achieve their aims.. If they thought they could they would not have stopped.. They were looking for a way out since the mid eighties.
The peace we have now is on our terms, it was always going to be.
@ SY: “Did the IRA get a united ireland? Did they achieve ‘brits out’? The answer of course is no”
Spoken like somebody who is only old enough to remember the RTE/BBC version of events.
The provisional IRA was born out of the suffering of Catholics in the 6 countires, not machinations of a united Ireland.
Oh, and they won the right for the people of the Island to decide democratically on a united Ireland, unthinkable before the troubles.
Were jammin… Im in my forties i remember very well.. And while thats why PIRA started off., they then evolved into a campaign of brits out., which they failed in. The revionists in SF will have you believe something else.. They have to believe that or else why did for example did so many volunteers give their lives?
You think PIRA would have settled for the GFA in the seventies or after the hunger strikes? Not a chance.. They rejected sunningdale which was a better deal than the GFA.
sergeant yates
lmfao
the unionists rejected sunningdale
like it or not
THE IRA WON DEMOCRACY, CIVIL RIGHTS AND PAVED THE WAY FOR UNITY
The Partitionist parties are still struggling to come to terms with the IRAs move.
I’m sorry but everyone else was right originally and after 30 years of murder the Shinners realised the same and yet they want all the credit?
Yeah the IRA had legitimate grievances but to claim brother Gerry brought peace to the island is a bit much. He played a role among many.
The entire populace of Ireland is still struggling to come to terms with SF/PIRA’s 30 years of murder of innocent men, women and children.
Guff.. Brainwashed ‘republicans’ think they won something when the IRA called a ceasefire and surrendered their weapons.. The brits still have theirs..
I think you will find that the ira still have theirs
SERGEANT IS A BRAINWASHED TROLL
The Brits have decommissioned their army in the Six like the LVF UFF UVF have all decommissioned – it’s called progress-
Lots of PIRA sympathisers and supporters here. Must mean you support all the bombings of innocent men women and children because that was a major fact of the troubles and there is no denying it
there were no bombings of innocent men women and children by the ira you brainwashed troll, the ira always gave warnings, the brits didn’t give any warnings
Shinnerbots.. since when is murder excused because of a telephone warning?! Pathetic..
Like the inaccurate warnings before omagh? That sent people towards the bomb. And that lame excuse of a warning in coleraine or the m62 bombing where they didn’t give a warning and decided it was ok to kill the soldiers families aswell, docklands bombing – no warning. Bishopsgate not enough time after CODED warning. Two children killed in Warrington when they didn’t get enough time to evacuate . Warning didn’t prevent 6 from dying at harrods. No warning for dunmurry train explosion. Mountbattens family and boat crew didn’t get a warning, was it necessary to kill the children on board? Just 9 minutes warning before la mon bombing 12 civilians died. Warning only 10 mins before hilton bombing, 2 died. Not enough time to evacuate Birmingham pubs. Just to name a few
omagh was an mi5 operation…………………….baa baa baaa
Any conspiracies for the other bombings I have mentioned?
And that day independent newspapers, Eoin Harris etc, might as well have been made redundant.
And Bertie made him a Senator!!
And let’s remember they broke the cease fire 18 months later with the Canary Warf bombing.
At least one innocent man was killed and many injured.
I remember it well as I was living on London at that time. It had a huge negative impact on irish people living there.
So I’m not sure why we are celebrating a 20 years ceasefire.
Lets also remember Bruce that the PIRA have disbanded and decommissioned their arms yet the UDA/UFF/UVF are still active and shooting at people. So I’m not sure why anyone even thinks that they are even on ceasefire.
Brian you are probably right. I was focusing on the anniversary being celebrated
Can we just cut & paste the comments from the last IRA related story and be done with it please?
FairPlay to the boys. UP THE RA
Brendan Julian .. Back to school tomorrow I guess.
Yep but as the teacher
Brendan. As someone who lost a good friend, who was not a ‘loyalist’ or an ‘enemy of the cause’ at the hands of republicans I feel obliged to point out that if you want bloodshed and murder – innocent men, women and children killed- you have the right attitude you fool. Armchair republicanism
Exactly butthead im more for the politics . Hope your not gonna blâme losing your freind on everybody whos comment you dont like either
No Brendan, I was giving perspective and not blaming you. I blame hatred and always will for my friend dying at the hands of people fuelled by evil. Those men have laid down their arms and the IRA is truly an unlawful organisation now to you if you are a true republican.
Hopefully my friend is a bit more at peace after the leadership laid down their arms.
We have to forgive in order to move on in this country, I have forgiven those men for what they did to him. But ‘up the ra’ attitudes just plant dangerous hatred in people. Hatred that can lead to actions and pain.
I will not, however, make cheap shots like you did there, name calling and speaking poorly of the dead.
neil, if there was no british terrorism there would have been no ira , hence your friend would be alive, youe friends death lies squarely at the hands of the british.
First you insulted me and second using the loss of your friend as an excuse is also very cheap. I find it very cheap to get personal on a public page. The red thumb is there so use it
Yes, I insulted your up the ra attitude- it should be a relic of the past.
No excuses here friend. I’m not dishonouring the dead by lowering myself to your level on this.
You think I am a fool- I think you are an armchair republican. Not much we can do about it. Red thumb away if you think it’s all people should do if they disagree in this.
U have the right to comment just them who like or dont like my comment. But pls Neil stop your sobbing pls and oh i do believe you called me a fool at the start. TIOCFAIDH AR LA MO CHARA
You see? This is the mindless bull we get everytime from all sides.
It’s Sunday, it’s sunny. Chill the fizzuk out people
Actually agree with you on that one padraig, I’m off to walk the dog!
It was twenty years ago today Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play…
It was hardly a ceasefire.. our brave patriotic freedom fighting heroes still had to kill two night workers in Canary Wharf, dole out hundreds of punishment beatings, impede the investigation into the murder of Robert McCartney, rob the Northern Bank and continue with criminality (fuel laundering, racketeering etc)..
they weren’t night workers you gowl, they refused to leave the area when thy were warned to do so.
Oh ya because the Ira run canary wharf and you have to leave the area no matter if you live or work there. That is just acting like common thugs and murderers
The IRA were being responsible soldiers by giving a warning, if people ignore warnings from IRA personnel that’s their problem
@Shinnerbot.. killing innocent civilians by blowing up a civilian area is cowardly murder (warning or not).
britbot
collateral damage happens in all wars. I assume you’ve written to the embassies of britain, israel and the states about them bombing civilian areas.
@Shinnerbot Who are you to legitimise and belittle the murder of children, categorising them as “collateral damage”?.. Disgraceful arrogance from an armchair republican.
britbot
answer my question
@Shinnerbot.. Don’t see a question.. see a stupid assumption.. UK, US, Israel don’t murder people in the name of Irish people.
at least you know that you are a britbot
The IRA fought the BA to a standstill in the North of Ireland. Now is the time for politics.
Your taking the piss right?
Blowing up bases and homes alike is not fighting the British Army to a standstill.
They fought the British army to a stalemate using Guerilla war tactics using tactics developed by the original IRA of Collins.
They did in their fecking hole, British Army casualties were minimal really given the length of the conflict. It was no Iraq.
Just the British state had no intention of an occupation, they wanted peace. They’d give the fiscal blackhole back tomorrow if they could.
Casualty numbers are irrelevant in this context. At the time the sides involved in the conflict negotiated a ceasefire, there was no victor and no realistically achievable path to a victory for any party involved i.e. a stalemate.
Guerrilla warfare like Michael Collins? Ya right! Bombing civilians in city centres isn’t guerrilla warfare! That’s terrorism
Next move a federation
Amazing how Sinn fein has no actual interest in a United Ireland. None.
Where is the policy documents? It’s easy to call for a border poll which will never pass. But where is the plan to start interesting the NHS into the Irish health system. Do the doctors get new contracts? What about civil service pensions? What about policing and the laws? Do the PSNI stay armed? Do they start doing the junior cert? Do they have compulsory Irish?
I’d like to see greater integration of health and policing in the north with the North of the Republic. Would save money and make life better.
David a united Ireland is a job for us all to achieve … Not just SF … We all need to work together .When SF are part of the government we can put a green paper for Irish unity in place.
You have no interest in working together as Sinn fein has demonstrated time and time again in the north.
Why is Gerry Adams calling for a border poll when they very clearly haven’t the slightest inkling of the process. The point is to rule up the base and intentionally make things difficult for the other community.
The SNP had internal discussions on the process and decades of policy papers before the referendum.
Sinn fein calling for a border poll explicitly against the terms of the good Friday agreement shows how incapable SF is of responsible government.
” responsible government”
Give us an example of a responsible government since the foundation of the state.
david burke is missing
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