The fisherman was working on the 37ft Beam Trawler KOREMELOEM when he fell overboard close to the North East Shipping Lane. The crew managed to get him back onboard and called the Coastguard for assistance.
Dover Coastguard took over the communications and, using the French Coastguard helicopter, airlifted the fisherman to medical facilities on the Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessel Mounts Bay. Sadly, the fisherman from the South West was later declared dead.
Pete Legg, Senior Coastguard Watch Manager said:
Conditions in the Channel were atrocious last night and the crew did an excellent job to get their colleague back on board. Sadly despite the very best efforts of them, the French Coastguard and the medical staff on the Mounts Bay this fisherman lost his life.
