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The Channel Islands Air Search had a fruitless three hour mission searching for a small boat with a 75-year-old man believed to be on board, before being stood down by the French coastguard.
The local service was called by CROSS Corsen MRCC to help French lifeboats search for the small motor vessel, with one person on board.
The Service's aircraft, Lions' Pride, took off from Guernsey Airport at 19:15 on Saturday,
The search area was approximately 80 nautical miles south west of Guernsey.
The visibility at the time of the search was said to be "good enough to use both visual and infra-red camera search techniques".
A possible contact was identified and investigated but the search teams ruled this discovery out, and the search pattern was resumed.
As the search continued into the night, the Corsen MRCC stood the Service down at 22:05.
A spokesperson for the CIAS said: "Overall, visibility for searching was good with other surface vessels and other small floating objects such as seaweed clearly visible. Lions' Pride searched an area of 240 square nm but there were no signs of the overdue vessel or its occupant."
The boat and the 75-year-old man are believed to still be missing at the time of writing.
The Lions' Pride returned to Guernsey after being stood down from the search, to be refuelled and being made ready for the next service. It was also available for the Wings and Wheels open day at the Aero Club on Sunday.
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