Three men, two of them teenagers, are dead after their light plane crashed into the ocean in front of onlookers at a popular South Australian fishing spot. Police responded to reports of a plane crashing into the water at Long Bay near Murray Mouth, about 85 kilometres south of Adelaide, shortly before 4.30pm on Friday. The pilot, a 57-year-old man from Morphett Vale, as well as his two passengers, aged 18 and 19, were found dead. A resident of nearby Goolwa told the ABC the scene near the crash was "chaos". The crash site is a remote beach but a popular fishing spot as it marks the spot where the Murray River meets the Southern Ocean.

Source: Otago Daily Times February 07, 2026 11:17 UTC