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Two survive after plane dives into ocean
A pilot and passenger have escaped unhurt after a light plane crashed off Torquay on Victoria's south-west coast.
The Cessna-172 crashed into the sea about 500 metres off Whites Beach, around 1pm AEDT.
The 19-year-old pilot from Sunbury was taken to Geelong Hospital and treated for shock and minor injuries.
The passenger was treated at the scene.
Senior Constable Carla Coslovich says the pilot was trying to land at the Torquay airstrip after the plane's engine failed.
"At around 200 feet it lined up for another approach to land, again the engine failed and the pilot unfortunately had to put the aircraft down as there was not enough altitude and it landed into the white water, which caused the aircraft to flip," she said.
She says the crew of a police plane witnessed the accident.
"They actually saw this single engine Cessna-172 in the air and it looked like its engine failed around 10,000 feet, they saw that the aircraft and its pilot were attempting to land at the Torquay airstrip."