Search Underway For Missing Helicopter

Photo: © Pat Flynn

Mountain rescue teams are searching in the Snowdonia area of Wales for a helicopter that went missing with 5 people on board.

Radar contact was lost with the helicopter that was en route to Dublin from Milton Keynes at around 4 o’clock yesterday afternoon.

An extensive air and sea search was launched in the Irish Sea – however this has now been called off due to low lying cloud and poor visibility.

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Declan Geoghegan from the Irish Coast Guard says North Wales Police has now taken over the operation.