{"id":60351,"date":"2017-12-31T04:15:58","date_gmt":"2017-12-31T09:15:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/sydney-sea-plane-crashes-into-hawkesbury-river-killing-all-six-people-onboard\/"},"modified":"2017-12-31T04:15:58","modified_gmt":"2017-12-31T09:15:58","slug":"sydney-sea-plane-crashes-into-hawkesbury-river-killing-all-six-people-onboard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/sydney-sea-plane-crashes-into-hawkesbury-river-killing-all-six-people-onboard\/","title":{"rendered":"Sydney Sea Plane Crashes Into Hawkesbury River Killing All Six People Onboard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Sydney Sea Plane Crashes Into Hawkesbury River Killing All Six People Onboard<\/b><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/img.huffingtonpost.com\/asset\/5a48a4f42100003e005f66d2.png\" data-caption=\"<strong>The scene at Cowan Creek, north of Sydney, on Sunday as marine officers and police launch a recovery operation<\/strong>&#8221; alt=&#8221;<strong>The scene at Cowan Creek, north of Sydney, on Sunday as marine officers and police launch a recovery operation<\/strong>&#8221; data-credit=&#8221;Sky News Australia&#8221; data-portal-copyright=&#8221;Sky News Australia&#8221; data-provider=&#8221;Other&#8221; data-provider-asset-id=&#8221;205990934&#8243; data-has-syndication-rights=&#8221;false&#8221;><\/p>\n<p>All six people on board a sea plane which crashed into a river north of Sydney, Australia, have died, police have said.<\/p>\n<p>The New Year\u2019s Eve pleasure flight plunged into the Hawkesbury River at Cowan Creek, around 15 miles north of central Sydney, after 3.15pm on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Five passengers and the plane\u2019s pilot are believed to have died, police said, while three bodies have been recovered.<\/p>\n<p>The nationalities of those on board has not been confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>Officials at the scene said the craft had sunk and was submerged in 13 metres of water. Divers and the city\u2019s marine service are helping in the recovery effort.<\/p>\n<p>The flight was operated by Sydney Seaplanes, a well-known firm which has organised flights for celebrities, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailytelegraph.com.au\/news\/nsw\/light-plane-crashes-on-hawkesbury-river-with-up-to-six-people-on-board\/news-story\/76ca6845b9b206cff8ed3712ccadfe22\" target=\"_blank\">according to the Australian Daily Telegraph.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Acting Superintendent Michael Gorman said:\u00a0\u201cInformation to date is that at approximately 3.10pm, a sea plane was flying west over the Hawkesbury River. For reasons that are not known at this stage, the plane has hit the water and it has subsequently sunk.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can confirm the six people on the plane are deceased.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.co.uk\/entry\/sydney-sea-plane-crash_uk_5a48a0f3e4b025f99e1c150f\" class=\"autohyperlink\">www.huffingtonpost.co.uk\/entry\/sydney-sea-plane-crash_uk_5a48a0f3e4b025f99e1c150f<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sydney Sea Plane Crashes Into Hawkesbury River Killing All Six People Onboard<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2466,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[107],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sydney Sea Plane Crashes Into Hawkesbury River Killing All Six People Onboard - 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