UK Coastguard responds to report of low flying aircraft
At around 4.30pm
today (Monday 22 August 2016) UK Coastguard received a 999 call from a member
of the public reporting an aircraft flying very low over the sea near Melvich
Bay, north Scotland.
After an extensive
and thorough search of the area with nothing found, the Coastguard Rescue Teams
and the helicopter have been stood down unless further information comes to
light. At this stage the incident is being treated as a false alarm with
good intent possibly attributed to a low flying military aircraft known to be
in the area at the time.
Scrabster and
Melvich Coastguard Rescue Teams, Thurso RNLI lifeboat along with the UK
Coastguard search and rescue helicopter based at Inverness were sent to the
scene. Police Scotland were also informed of the incident.
The UK Coastguard
made a relay broadcast and four vessels responded and reported that they had not
seen anything in the area.