Privately owned Cessna 208 Caravan 675 plane was carrying seven people when it crashed off Western Australia coast
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A frantic search is under way for three people who went missing after a seaplane crashed near Western Australia’s popular tourist destination Rottnest Island with seven people on board.
The privately owned Cessna 208 Caravan 675 seaplane is believed to have struck a small limestone outcrop called Phillip Rock while taking off from Rottnest Island, off the coast of Perth, at about 4pm local time on Tuesday.
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