The Red Osprey.
A FERRY passenger who sparked an air and sea search in the Solent after going missing has been found.
The passenger got on the Red Osprey ferry at 7am this morning in Southampton but appeared not to disembark on arrival in Cowes at 8.06am.
Solent Coastguard was alerted after a search of the Red Funnel ship.
A coastguard helicopter was also scrambled along with lifeboats from Cowes and Calshot to search for the missing passenger.
But the search was called off when the passenger turned up on the Isle of Wight.
It appears he went on as a foot passenger met a friend on board who had a car and disembarked in his vehicle.
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