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Dramatic pictures show rescue on Loch Ness after Second World War seaplane suffers engine failure

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Loch Ness. The Loch Ness lifeboat and local coastguard were called out to help tow the seaplane back to shore. As we reported earlier, the Catalina light aircraft was filming the area when it suffered engine failure and made a distress call.

Crews were called out at about half five on Saturday, with coastguard teams offering support to the lifeboat who established a tow.The seaplane was returned to shore where it was moored for the night.The photos were taken by Kirsten Dawn Ferguson and later posted on the RNLI Loch Ness Facebook page.With a wingspan of 32 metres, the Second World War seaplane was too wide to recover to a harbour or pontoon, so a mooring buoy was decided as the best option.

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