British family, including young girl, named as Hawkesbury River seaplane crash victims


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Detective Superintendent Mark Hutchings told media that the passengers on board the seaplane that crashed into Cowan Creek north of Sydney, killing six people, were visitors from overseas.


The ages of the victims ranged from 11 to 58-years-old and New South Wales Police and confirmed the pilot was Australian but his relatives lived overseas.


Experienced Australian pilot Gareth Morgan, 44, died when his aircraft crashed into Jerusalem Bay, along with Britons Richard Cousins, 58, Emma Bowden, 48, Heather Bowden, 11, Edward Cousins, 23, and William Cousins, 25.


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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has offered his condolences to the families of six people killed.


“It is a tragic accident and … our hearts go out to the families of those whose lives were lost,” Mr Turnbull told reporters in Bondi on Monday.


“We don’t know yet what caused it, but it’s just a tragedy. We grieve for those who lost their lives.”


Police dive crews are working to refloat the wreckage of the seaplane that crashed in Cowan Creek, north of Sydney on Sunday, killing all six passengers.


The plane will need to be brought back to the surface before forensic air-crash investigators can piece together what went wrong.


Emergency services including the Westpac Life Saver Rescue Helicopter were called to the scene and a search and rescue operation was immediately launched for the plane, which is 13 metres underwater.


They recovered the last of the six bodies as night fell.


The plane was believed to have been travelling from the picturesque Cottage Point Inn to Rose Bay, Supt Gorman said.


The ages and identities of those aboard the plane are unknown, but media are reporting the passengers were four British nationals and an 11-year-old boy.


A Sydney Seaplanes spokesman said it is working with police at the scene.


The company, which has been operating for 80 years, provides flights above and around some of the city’s most popular tourist sites including the Opera House, the Harbour Bridge, Pittwater and the Hawkesbury River region.


The Australian Transport Safety Bureau is investigating the incident.


Article source: http://www.espncricinfo.com/womens-ashes-2017/content/story/1126186.html?CMP=OTC-RSS

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