By Q Radio News Team
Searches for the missing crewmen of coast guard Rescue 116 are resuming this morning.
Yesterday the wreckage of the helicopter was discovered on the ocean bed around 40 metres below the surface, near Blackrock Island off the coast of Mayo.
Declan Geoghan from the Irish Coastguard says conditions this morning are good.
Yesterday the wreckage of the missing Irish Coast Guard helicopter was found off the Co.Mayo coast.
A remotely operated vehicle was deployed in the water in a bid to find it.
Air Accident Investigators said on Monday the aircraft may have struck rocks around Black Rock Island.
An Garda Síochána, the Navy, the Coast Guard, the GSI and the Marine Institute are all involved in the recovery.
The wreckage was found on the sea bed on the eastern side of Black Rock, at a depth of approximately 40m.
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