Sydney Sydney seaplane location 'totally inexplicable' before crash, operator says Aircraft ‘should not have been where it was’ when it crashed into Jerusalem Bay on the Hawkesbury river, killing six people A report into a Sydney seaplane that crashed on New Year’s Eve found ‘no evidence of a bird strike or collision with an object prior to takeoff or in-flight’. The DHC-2 Beaver aircraft, operated by Sydney Seaplanes, crashed into Jerusalem Bay on the Hawkesbury river after taking off from Cottage Point in north Sydney for a scenic flight to Rose Bay. Sydney seaplane tragedy: same model involved in 2015 crash that killed second family Read moreRichard Cousins, 58, chief executive of the FTSE100 company Compass, was killed along with his fiancee, Emma Bowden, 48, her daughter Heather, 11, and his sons Edward, 23, and Will, 25. Sydney Seaplanes said it hoped the ATSB’s call for more witness accounts would help shed light on the cause of the crash. “It’s not an everyday occurrence but, from time to time, they use the bay to turn around,” he said.

Source: The Guardian January 31, 2018 00:51 UTC