THE body of a North-Eastworker who disappeared from an oil platform has been found.
Martin Lindsay, from Teesside, went missing from the Beryl Alpha platform in the North Sea on Tuesday morning.
The 51-year-old was discovered following an underwater search at about 5pm that day.
Rescuers had spent the day scouring the sea around the platform, while search teams hunted for the Petrofac oilman on the platform.
It is believed Mr Lindsay, who was not wearing survival gear, was carrying out routine checks on the oil platform when he vanished.
The alarm was raised just after 3am and a coastguard helicopter and four support vessels launched the search 90 miles east of Sumburgh, on the Shetland Islands.
Grampian Police confirmed Mr Lindsay’s body had been recovered from the sea bed.
A spokeswoman said: “Arrangements are now being made for the recovery of the body and the next of kin of Mr Lindsay has been informed.”
Mr Lindsay had worked as a production operator for Petrofac for four years.
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