A man has died and seven crew members have been rescued after a Scottish fishing trawler capsized off Norway.
The Njord, which left Peterhead on Saturday afternoon, got into difficulty in the North Sea, about 100 nautical miles west of Stavanger.
Rescuers found the crew on the keel of the capsized boat on Sunday afternoon.
The Norwegian Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre (JRCC) said three who had inhaled diesel were airlifted to hospital in Bergen and one later died.
Five others were picked up by an offshore vessel, the Olympic Challenger.
The JRCC told BBC Scotland there was no radio contact with the stricken 24m (79ft) vessel, which was previously called Courageous when it worked out of Lerwick in Shetland.
A spokesman said they were automatically alerted by the trawler’s emergency position-indicating radio beacon (EPIRB), which activated when it started taking on water.
The JRCC spokesman added: “When we were alerted we sent out resources and found eight people standing on the keel of the capsized fishing vessel.
“Three were taken into a search and rescue helicopter and five people were picked up by boat after we issued a Mayday relay.”
The UK’s Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) said it received a distress alert from the EPIRB at 13:49 on Sunday in the Norwegian search and rescue region.
The Norwegian Coastguard was contacted and confirmed it had also received the alert and a helicopter had been sent.
“The upturned vessel was located and all eight crew were recovered,” the MCA said in a statement.
It is believed the boat, built in 1992, sailed from Peterhead on Saturday afternoon.
No details about the dead man or the crew members have been released.
Source: BBC
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