Seaplane's accident in front of Rottnest Island: 2 tourists and pilot dead

Seaplane's accident in front of Rottnest Island: 2 tourists and pilot dead

On Tuesday afternoon, a water plane crashed from an Australian tourist island during the start. Three people died in the accident, including tourists from Switzerland and Denmark. In addition, three other people were injured.

Details on the accident

of the seven people on board the Cessna 208 Caravan could only be saved without injuries, the police reported. The aircraft, which is owned by Swan River Seaplanes, was on its way back to its base in Perth, the capital of the state of Western Australia, which is about 30 kilometers east of the Rottnest Island, which is also known under its indigenous name Wadjemup

identity of the deceased

The dead are a 65-year-old Swiss, a 60-year-old Danes and the 34-year-old pilots from Perth, as the Premier of Western Australia, Roger Cook, announced. The partners of the late tourists, a 63-year-old Swiss and a 58-year-old Danish, survived the crash. A couple from Western Australia, a 65-year-old woman and a 63-year-old man, also remained unharmed.

the cause of the accident unclear

which of the passengers remained unharmed is not known. The police commissioner of Western Australia, Col Blanch, said that none of the surviving life -threatening injuries suffered. The three injuries were flown to a hospital in Perth.

reports on the crash

Cook stated that the cause of the crash was currently unknown. Reports that the aircraft had come across a bay on the west side of the island at the start of a rock at the entrance to the entrance of a bay has not yet been confirmed by the videos viewed. The popular Rottnest Island is known for their sandy beaches and the cat-sized hopping, which rarely in a striker, which is rarely can be found. In the current summer months of the southern hemisphere, the accommodations are fully booked on the island.

reactions to the accident

recovery of the victims

Blanch reported that police divers had recovered the corpses from a depth of 8 meters on Tuesday night. The aircraft wreck continues to be recovered. The Australian Transport Safety Bureau, which is responsible for the examination of aircraft gaps, has sent special investigators to the scene of the accident. "According to the ATSB report, the aircraft collided with the water during the start before it was partially lost," said the chief commissioner of the office, Angus Mitchell, in an explanation.

statements by witnesses

A tourist named Greg Quin, who went on vacation on Rottnest, reported that he had observed the crash. "We saw how the plane played, and just when it begins to lift off the water, just overturned it and crashed," said Quin on the radio of the Australian Broadcasting Corp. in Perth. "Many people on their boats in the water hurried to the scene of the accident and I think they were really, really quickly."

reaction of the Prime Minister

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese described the crash as "terrible news". "The pictures saw all Australians this morning when they woke up," said Albanese on ABC television. "My sympathy applies to everyone who is affected."