Wild Snake McCoy via iStockA fisherman has been flown to hospital after going overboard in the North Sea nearly 100 miles from Aberdeenshire.
The alarm was raised after the crewman got into difficulty in the water 93 miles east of Fraserburgh on Sunday afternoon.
After being helped back aboard the vessel by his crew, the fisherman was flown to Lerwick, Shetland, by the Sumburgh-based Coastguard helicopter.
He was then taken to Gilbert Bain Hospital.
His current condition is unknown.
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