Passengers had their travel plans thrown into disarray when a Cal Mac ferry was forced to turn back to port tonight.
The previously-
It is unclear what the problem is.
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 -
Ferry turnaround
22 December 2014
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.
The ferry will head direct from Lochboisdale to Oban at 11am today (Tues).
Earlier, 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.