This information is from BFBS Forces News - by David Sevilla McCann on the 6 October 2026 An RAF Poseidon aircraft has assisted in rescuing a stricken fishing vessel in Orkney. The plane was on a routine training flight when it answered an alert from a boat that had run aground. Personnel from RAF Lossiemouth's 201 Squadron were conducting a regular sortie over the islands when the distress call was picked up from the fishing vessel Genesis at around 0630.

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The boat had run aground at the Old Man of Hoy and the air crew worked alongside the coastguard, RNLI, police and ambulance service to save the 17 crew members and recover the vessel.