Search after person goes overboard from Dunoon-Gourock ferry
Search called off after person goes overboard from Dunoon-Gourock ferry
(about 20 hours later)
CalMac vessel MV Ali Cat was sent to join the search efforts
CalMac vessel MV Ali Cat joined the search efforts
A person has gone overboard from a ferry in the Firth of Clyde.
Coastguard teams have called off a search the Firth of Clyde after a person fell overboard from a ferry.
Coastguard crews, including the service's helicopter, and lifeboat personnel have launched a search following the incident between Dunoon and Gourock on Sunday afternoon.
HM coastguard crews, a helicopter, lifeboats and several private vessels joined the operation between Dunoon and Gourock on Sunday afternoon.
CalMac and Western Ferries said sailings on the route had been suspended until further notice.
The person was reported overboard from Western Ferries' Sound of Shuna at about 12:30. The search was called off at about 20:30.
Police Scotland and the Scottish Ambulance Service are also in attendance.
Western Ferries and CalMac suspended sailings on the route, with the CalMac vessel MV Ali Cat also assisting in the search.
The Western Ferries vessel, from which the person went overboard, is a car and passenger service.
Police Scotland and the Scottish Ambulance Service were in attendance.
CalMac said its vessel the MV Ali Cat was assisting coastguard crews with the search.
Coastguard members searched on foot along the Gourock waterfront, while police officers were posted at the nearby ferry terminal.
The company initially said its sailings were due to resume at 15:20, but that has now been pushed back indefinitely.
Western Ferries has also cancelled all of its sailings.
Coastguards carried out searches on foot along the Gourock waterfront while police officers have been posted at the nearby ferry terminal.
Passengers have been warned to check the latest advice before departing on their journeys.
