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Hawkesbury River seaplane crash: Six people killed after aircraft goes down near Cowan

Updated about an hour agoSun 31 Dec 2017, 11:29amThe journey from Cottage Point to Rose Bay would normally take 20 minutes.

Numerous rescue vessels, including NSW Police divers and NSW Ambulance helicopters, attended the scene.
Some debris has been retrieved but the plane remains 13 metres below water.

Photo: The DHC-2 Beaver was operated by Sydney Seaplanes. (Supplied: Sydney Seaplanes)

The crashed aircraft, a DHC-2 Beaver registration VH-NOO, was operated by Sydney Seaplanes.
A marine command centre has been established at Apple Tree Bay boat ramp near Bobbin Head in the Ku Ring Gai National Park, near Cowan.
Police will guard the wreckage overnight until investigators from the Australia Transport Safety Bureau arrive at the scene tomorrow morning.
Police are urging anyone who witnessed the accident to contact them.

Eyewitnesses said the aircraft turned sharply to the right shortly after taking off, before crashing.
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) said the plane "sunk rapidly" after crashing into the river.
Police divers were flown to the scene, and all six bodies were recovered on Sunday evening.
"The sequence of events leading up to the accident are not yet understood," the ATSB said.