Aberdeen & Aberdeenshire Person airlifted from fishing boat near Peterhead By Lottie Hood March 9 2023, 9:11 am March 9 2023, 9:11 am Share Person airlifted from fishing boat near Peterhead Share via Facebook Twitter Whatsapp Messenger Linkedin Email Post link https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/aberdeen-aberdeenshire/5483317/person-airlifted-from-fishing-boat-near-peterhead/ Copy Link Coastguards received the call for help at 4.50am. Image: Owen Humphreys/PA Wire A coastguard rescue helicopter was used to rescue a person from a fishing vessel near Peterhead. Aberdeen coastguards said they received the call at 4.50am this morning. They dispatched a rescue helicopter to the fishing vessel east of Peterhead where a member of the crew was in need of medical help. The coastguard team transferred the patient to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary just before 8.30am.