What do we know about the Rottnest Island seaplane crash?
Jan 8, 2025 · On Wednesday morning, authorities confirmed three people who were on the seaplane died and three others were flown to hospitals on the mainland in Perth. A seventh person was uninjured and has been released from hospital. What do we know so far, and what is expected to happen today?
Three people confirmed dead in Rottnest Island seaplane crash
Jan 8, 2025 · Three people have died and their bodies have been recovered from the wreckage of a seaplane crash on Rottnest Island, WA Premier Roger Cook has confirmed. The plane plunged into the water shortly after take-off in Thomson Bay …
Rottnest seaplane crash: Bombshell revelations over plane …
14 hours ago · ATSB officers and WA Police have arrived back on Rottnest Island to investigate the crash of a sea plane on Tuesday. PIctured the sea plane is raised from the ocean and onto a barge Credit: Justin Benson-Cooper / The West Australian The aviation safety regulator received a complaint about “maintenance related practices” concerning a ...
A seaplane crashes off Australia’s Rottnest Island, killing 2 ... - CNN
Jan 9, 2025 · A seaplane crashed during takeoff from an Australian tourist island, killing three people including Swiss and Danish tourists and injuring three others.
A seaplane crashes off an Australian tourist island, killing 3 and ...
Jan 8, 2025 · Only one of the seven people aboard the Cessna 208 Caravan was rescued without injury after the crash Tuesday afternoon on Rottnest Island, police said. The plane owned by Swan River Seaplanes was returning to its base in Perth, the Western Australia state capital 30 kilometers (19 miles) east of Rottnest Island, which is also known by its ...
Seaplane crashes near Rottnest Island off Perth, killing 3 of seven …
Six passengers were on-board the fatal flight that crashed shortly after take off on Tuesday, landing in Thomson Bay about 20km from Perth’s coastline. Two passengers on-board the Cessna 208 – a 65-year-old Swiss woman and a 60-year-old Danish man – were also killed.
Three seriously injured, three missing after Rottnest Island plane ...
Jan 7, 2025 · Three people have been seriously injured in a seaplane crash off Rottnest Island, a popular tourist destination west of Perth. Another three people on board the plane are still missing while a seventh person was rescued without injury.
Four people rescued, three remain missing after ... - Sky News …
Three people remain missing after a small seaplane crashed into the ocean just off the coast of Rottnest Island in Western Australia on Tuesday. The privately-owned aircraft, carrying seven people including a pilot, hit the water near Thomson Bay about 4pm AWST.
Rottnest Island plane crash update: Three missing, three in …
Jan 7, 2025 · The privately owned sea plane, which arrived from NSW days earlier, was carrying one pilot and six passengers when it crashed in Thomson Bay on Rottnest Island shortly after taking off about 4pm (7pm AEDT) today. Police think …
Horrifying moment seaplane crashes on Rottnest Island captured …
Beachgoers have captured the horrifying moment a seaplane crashed during takeoff just off WA’s Rottnest Island. Vision from the shoreline shows the plane building speed and slowly lifting off before dipping left where its wingtip breaks the water, sending the aircraft’s nose slamming into the …