The major search and rescue operation at Belfast Lough after reports a man went overboard from a docked ferry has ended.
The mission was launched late on Saturday night after reports a male passenger entered the water from a Stena Line ferry.
On Sunday evening, the coastguard said its rescue teams were no longer involved and it was now a police matter, the BBC reports.
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Multiple emergency services worked through the night before pausing and then resuming their searches at 8am on Sunday.
Earlier today, a spokesperson for the Maritime and Coastguard Agency said: “The search has resumed this morning (30 October), following new information, for a man who is reported to have fallen from a ferry which was docked in Belfast harbour.
"Bangor, Larne and Port Muck coastguard rescue teams along with Donaghadee and Larne RNLI lifeboats and Lowland Search and Rescue teams are continuing the search which resumed just before 8am."
A Stena Line spokesperson confirmed that a passenger had gone overboard from one of their ferries.
They said: "At about 21:30 last night, when Superfast 8 was in Belfast Lough approaching the terminal, the crew was alerted by a passenger that a male had gone overboard.
"The Coast Guard were alerted and the ship’s Fast Response Craft was launched."
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