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Skipper tried to rescue crewman | |
(about 3 hours later) | |
The skipper of a fishing boat managed to grab hold of an overboard crewman before having to let him go, a fishermen's mission said. | |
The crew member of the New Dawn, which is believed to be based in Fraserburgh, fell into the North Sea after shooting the boat's fishing gear. | |
Charles Bruce dived in after him, but was unable to get the Filipino to take hold of a lifebelt. | |
Rescuers have been searching an area 50 miles east of Wick for the missing man. | |
Details of the incident - which happened at 2300 BST on Wednesday - have been revealed in a statement issued by the Fishermen's Mission in Fraserburgh. | |
Charles had to let him go as he himself was going under Fishermen's Mission statement | |
It said the lost fisherman was in his second year on the vessel. | |
The statement said: "After shooting the nets he went overboard whilst holding the gear. | |
"Co-skipper Martin Bruce said if he had still held on to the wire they could have taken him back on board but he let go and fell into the water. | |
"His brother Charles dived in and managed to get hold of him and tried unsuccessfully to get him to take hold of the lifebelt. | |
"Although the crew member had a survival jacket on he was sadly lost. | |
"Charles had to let him go as he himself was going under." | |
Charles Bruce was airlifted to hospital for treatment for hypothermia. | |
Boat fire | |
The search for the missing fisherman is being co-ordinated by Aberdeen Coastguard. | |
The Shetland Coastguard helicopter and a helicopter from RAF Lossiemouth are involved in the search. | The Shetland Coastguard helicopter and a helicopter from RAF Lossiemouth are involved in the search. |
The incident comes after three crewmen died in a fishing boat fire at Fraserburgh Harbour earlier this month. | |
Rimants Venckus, 50, from Latvia, and Filipinos Ramilito Capangpangan Calipayan and Benjamin Rosello Potot, both 33, died on Friday 1 August. | |
They were on board the prawn trawler Vision II. |