An air and sea search for a man who fell overboard the Belfast to Heysham ferry yesterday has been called off. The 30-year-old man was on the 9.30 a.m. crossing to Lancashire when the incident occurred around eight miles off the Isle of Man. The coastguard said it was unlikely the man had survived the low water temperature.
Sea search for man called off
An air and sea search for a man who fell overboard the Belfast to Heysham ferry yesterday has been called off
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