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Passengers had their travel plans thrown into disarray when a CalMac ferry was forced to turn back to port last night.
The MV Lord of the Isles aborted her voyage to Barra and South Uist due to a “technical fault.”
It is unclear what the problem was.
It is not thought to be connected with an earlier issue with her PA system as the ship immediately went back to sea off Oban for a period – without passengers.
The MV Clansman picked up the Outer Isles passengers who had been suffered a cancelled sailing the day before.
She was due to dock in Lochboisdale after 3am.
Yesterday the MV Lord of the Isles was already three hours late in departing Oban while electricians tried to fix an earlier problem with the safety announcement system.
A Cal Mac spokesperson said: “The 2.30pm sailing departed Oban at 5.20pm but had to return to Oban with a technical fault.”
