The scene happened on the 15:30 sailing from Belfast to Cairnryan on Saturday.
Rescue crews were called to the Stena Superfast VIII at Loch Ryan in Dumfries and Galloway at about 17:50.
A Coastguard helicopter airlifted the man to a hospital in Ayr where he was pronounced dead. Police Scotland is investigating the incident.
...A force spokesperson tell: "We received a report of a man having gone overboard from a ferry at Belfast Way, Cairnryan.
"Emergency services attended and the man was taken to University Hospital Ayr.
"Inquiries to establish the full circumstances of the incident remain ongoing and a report will be submitted to the Procurator Fiscal."
source(BBC)
Rescue crews were called to the Stena Superfast VIII at Loch Ryan in Dumfries and Galloway at about 17:50.
A Coastguard helicopter airlifted the man to a hospital in Ayr where he was pronounced dead. Police Scotland is investigating the incident.
...A force spokesperson tell: "We received a report of a man having gone overboard from a ferry at Belfast Way, Cairnryan.
"Emergency services attended and the man was taken to University Hospital Ayr.
"Inquiries to establish the full circumstances of the incident remain ongoing and a report will be submitted to the Procurator Fiscal."
source(BBC)
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