Galway Bay fm newsroom - Officials say hopes are fading for three crew-members of a coastguard helicopter which has gone missing off the west coast.
One crew member of the missing helicopter has been found and is in a critical condition.
He is on a lifeboat being brought ashore.
The coastguard says debris has been found spread over a wide area off the Co Mayo coast.
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They've also confirmed no distress call was recieved from Rescue 116 before they lost contact at around 1am.
It had been helping another helicopter with a medevac operation to airlift a crewman off a fishing vessel, when it disappeared from radar screens.
Director of the Coastguard Eugene Clonan has said it's a dark day for the emergency services.
