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One person injured after seaplane crashes in Whitsundays | Mackay Daily Mercury

UPDATE: The Australian Transport Safety Bureau said they have received reports of an incident.

A spokesman said they were still gathering information on the incident and no decision had been made on whether it would be investigated.

It is believed the aircraft may be a Cessna 208.


EARLIER: A Queensland Ambulance Service spokeswoman said a seaplane crashed about 3.37pm six nautical miles of Hamilton Island.

She said 11 people were on board the plane at the time of the crash and one person is believed to have suffered minor injuries.

The spokeswoman said they are still on scene assessing patients.

The RACQ CQ Rescue crew are on their way to the site of a plane crash near Hamilton Island.
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