Crew rescued after fishing boat sinks in North Sea

All six crew have been rescued from their fishing boat which sank in the North Sea.

Coastguards received a distress call from the Fraserburgh-registered Odyssey trawler just before 05:30.

The boat was about 140 miles (225km) east of the Firth of Forth when it got into difficulty.

All members of the crew were said to be safe and well following the rescue from their liferaft by another fishing boat.

The alarm was raised via an emergency position-indicating radio beacon (Epirb) registered to the vessel.

An HM Coastguard fixed-wing aircraft was sent as well as a search and rescue helicopter from Norway.

A broadcast was issued for nearby vessels to support the search.

A Coastguard statement said: “The crew was recovered safe and well from a liferaft by a fishing vessel which responded to the call for help.

“No-one was reported missing and the crew will be brought to shore by another vessel.”