UK Coastguard confirms helicopter carrying five people has gone missing over the Irish Sea

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A helicopter with five people on board has gone missing over the Irish Sea on Wednesday evening. The privately owned helicopter left Milton Keynes in the UK on Wednesday en route to Dublin. According to the BBC, the UK Coastguard said they lost radar contact on Wednesday afternoon. The UK Coastguard have been coordinating a search operation in the Caernarfon Bay area of North Wales since around 4.15pm on Wednesday afternoon. https://twitter.com/MCA_media/status/847165009843097600 UK Coastguard duty commander Peter Davies said in a statement: "We have established a search plan between Caernarfon Bay and the shore of Dublin and currently have two coastguard helicopters searching the route." More to follow.