Nine people have been rescued from a yacht after it got into trouble in the North Sea.
The Coastguard received a Mayday call and beacon alerts at 9.20am, indicating that a sailing vessel was in distress 50 miles south-west of Shetland.
A support vessel responded to the broadcast and made its way to the area, sending a recovery craft to the vessel to assess the situation.
Aith RNLI Lifeboat and the UK Coastguard search and rescue helicopter based at Sumburgh also attended.
At midday, the Maritme and Coastguard Agency said: “All persons on board have been safely accounted for after the support vessel picked them up from a liferaft after they abandoned the sailing vessel.
“The support vessel is currently making its way to harbour.”
