iStockSearch and rescue teams have ended a search for a man who fell overboard from a vessel in the North Sea.
It comes after the coastguard received a distress alert at around 8.15am on the same day from the vessel around 40 miles north-east of Fraserburgh in Aberdeenshire after a 23-year-old man went overboard.
HM Coastguard said that the search operation, launched yesterday, was “terminated” at 8.30pm on Thursday with no one found.
A spokesperson said: “The search for a person who went overboard from a vessel in the North Sea has been terminated with no one found.
“The search was stood down just after 8.30pm last night.”
Chief Inspector Steven McDonald, area commander for Aberdeenshire North, said: “Around 9am on Thursday, August 15, 2024, we were made aware of a 23-year-old man having gone overboard from a vessel in the North Sea, 35 miles north east of Fraserburgh.
“A search and rescue operation was carried out by HM Coastguard but the man remains missing. His next of kin are aware.
“Police enquiries remain ongoing but there are no apparent suspicious circumstances.”
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