The two tourists killed in the seaplane crash on Rottnest Island have been named, as authorities begin a long and painstaking task of establishing what led to the tragedy.

The wreckage of a seaplane that crashed off Rottnest Island on Tuesday afternoon, killing three people, has been pulled from the water and taken back to the mainland for further investigation.

West Australian firm, Swan River Seaplanes, who run scenic flights to Rottnest, had only just acquired the Cessna 208 a few ...

A seaplane crashed during takeoff from an Australian tourist island, killing three people including Swiss and Danish tourists ...

Investigators are set to recover and inspect the wreckage of the seaplane that crashed off Rottnest Island in Western Australia, as an aviation safety expert weighs in about the potential cause of the ...

Investigators retrieved the Cessna from the water off Thomson Bay on Thursday morning, beginning the process of working out ...

A private seaplane has crashed into the water near Rottnest Island, killing three people on board, WA Premier Roger Cook has confirmed.

A pilot and six passengers were on board when the privately-owned Cessna 208 plunged into the water near Thompson Bay at Rottnest Island, 19km off the coast of Perth on Tuesday afternoon.

The pilot killed in a seaplane crash near Western Australia's popular Rottnest Island has been identified. The pilot killed in a seaplane crash near Western Australia's popular Rottnest Island has ...

Pilot James Wong, 34, and two international tourists  - a woman, 65 from Switzerland and a man from Denmark died in the crash ...

Three people, including two foreign tourists, have been killed and three more hospitalized with serious injuries after a seaplane crashed off the coast of Western Australia (WA), authorities confirmed ...