Undated handout photo issued by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency of a Sikorsky S-92 search and rescue helicopter, four of the helicopters operating in Scotland have been grounded due to safety fears, the Maritime and Coastguard Agency said today. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Tuesday July 17, 2007. See PA story AIR Coastguard. Photo credit should read: Maritime and Coastguard Agency/PA Wire
Search teams were tasked this evening after a flare was spotted by an RAF patrol aircraft off Lossiemouth.
The reported sighting occurred around 5pm, with Buckie lifeboat and the search and rescue helicopter from Inverness tasked.
Teams undertook an extensive search of the area lasting nearly three hours, however, a coastguard spokesman said: “Nothing has been found to indicate any persons or vessels in distress.”
Search teams stood down at 8pm.
Search sparked after flare spotted off Lossiemouth
