Foreign tourists among three dead after Rottnest Island seaplane crash, WA premier says

Three people have died after a seaplane crashed near Western Australia’s popular tourist destination Rottnest Island with seven people on board. The privately owned Cessna 208 Caravan 675 seaplane is believed to have struck a small limestone outcrop called Phillip Rock while taking off from Rottnest Island, off the coast of Perth, at about 4pm local time on Tuesday. It plunged into the water near Thomson Bay with seven on board, including the pilot. Four people were pulled from the water, with two women and one man taken to hospital, according to St John WA. WA police commissioner Col Blanch

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