The MV Caledonian Isles in front of the Island of Arran off North Ayrshire (Getty/iStock)
The MV Caledonian Isles in front of the Island of Arran off North Ayrshire (Getty/iStock)

A body has been found on a North Ayrshire beach in the search for a missing ferry passenger who fell overboard.

HM Coastguard responded to a report of a man going overboard from the MV Caledonian Isles, near Arran, on Sunday 18 October around 8.30pm.

The man was later named as 82-year-old Jim Wither, who had been reported missing from Johnstone, Renfrewshire.

Two helicopters, a coastguard aircraft, Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) lifeboats and rescue teams from the surrounding area were sent to find the passenger.