An air and water search is underway for a woman who is believed to have fallen overboard from the MV Blue Puttees ferry as it travelled from North Sydney, N.S., to Port aux Basques, N.L., early Wednesday morning.

RCMP say a 41-year-old woman was seen on surveillance footage at 3:26 a.m. NDT on July 16, and has since been reported missing.

"As we are not sure of her current location, the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre and Coast Guard have been engaged to support a search by water," an RCMP spoke…