Two people rescued by helicopter off the coast near Banff
Two people have been winched to safety by helicopter after their boat ran aground on rocks near a harbour.
Last updated 15th Nov 2019
The pair issued a mayday call after getting into difficulty off Whitehills, Aberdeenshire, at around 1.20pm on Friday.
They managed to clamber on to the rocks after the vessel ran aground in heavy swell.
The coastguard said Macduff RNLI lifeboat and coastguard teams from Portsoy and Banff went to the scene, along with an oil industry search and rescue helicopter from Aberdeen and a local fishing vessel.
The helicopter winched the two men off the rocks and flew them back to land.
They were dropped off in the Whitehills area with no apparent injuries