The person has now been missing in the sea for nine hours (Picture: Getty Images)
A major search has been launched after a person fell off a vessel 40 miles away from land.
HM Coastguard received a distress alert at around 8.15am this morning from the vessel off the coast of Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire.
The person still has not been found as of 3.10pm this afternoon.
A spokesperson for HM Coastguard said: ‘An HM Coastguard rescue helicopter, a fixed-wing Coastguard aircraft, nearby vessels, and RNLI Fraserburgh and Peterhead lifeboats have been called to assist in the search for a person overboard from a vessel in the North Sea.
‘An oil and gas industry rescue helicopter from Aberdeen is also supporting.
‘The alarm was raised at around 8.15am this morning, after HM Coastguard received a distress alert from the vessel around 35 nautical miles north-east of Fraserburgh.
‘The search is ongoing.’
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