Body found in search of Lough Neagh

A body has been found during a search for a man lost overboard in Lough Neagh.

A body has been found during a search for a man lost overboard in Lough Neagh.

According to the PSNI, the body was found by searchers at 11.15am.

The man was reported missing at 9pm last night when he fell off a cabin cruiser around 150 metres from the western shore of the lough near Kells Point, Co Tyrone.

The two remaining crew on the boat tried to throw lifejackets at him, but he failed to grab hold and disappeared from view.

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Lifeboats based in Ardboe and a police helicopter were involved in a two-and-a-half-hour search operation.

The water temperature in the lough was four degrees last night.