A Viking Cruises crew member died after falling overboard in Scotland

• A Viking Cruises crew member died after falling overboard on Friday, BBC first reported.
• The employee fell from the company's Mars ship while at the Port of Cromarty Firth in Scotland.

A Viking Cruises employee died after falling from a ship on Friday, BBC reported. The incident occurred at the Port of Cromarty Firth in Invergordon, Scotland.

Police Scotland confirmed to Insider they received reports of the man falling overboard a Viking Mars cruise ship around 11 a.m. Friday. The man, reportedly in his 40s, was airlifted to the Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, a hospital about 120 miles from Invergordon. He died a few hours later, a police spokesperson said.

The spokesperson said they sent a report to the Procurator Fiscal, Scotland's "public prosecution service and death investigation authority," according to its website.

Viking on Sunday confirmed the employee's death to the BBC.

"We shared our deepest sympathies with the crew member's family and are working to ensure they have the support they need during this difficult time," a statement to the outlet read.

Viking did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment, made outside of regular working hours.

The company's Mars cruise ship primarily sails throughout Europe but has expeditions across the Atlantic and to Central America.

"Viking's focus remains on the safety and wellbeing of our crew and guests," the statement continued. "Our operations team is working with local authorities to determine how this occurred."

The Viking crew member is the latest person to have fallen from a cruise ship. In May, a Carnival Magic passenger fell overboard after leaning over his room's balcony. It was his first cruise.

In June, passengers banded together to help look for a woman who'd fallen from the 10th deck of a Royal Caribbean ship. She was ultimately saved after a nearly hourlong rescue.