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The wreckage of the Rottnest Island plane crash.

‘Pilot’s instructions saved our lives’: WA couple who survived Rottnest seaplane crash break silence

The sole surviving couple from the Rottnest Island seaplane crash have detailed how their pilot’s safety demonstration saved their lives. 

  • Heather McNeill

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Plane wreckage from the downed Cessna off the coast of Rottnest Island is retrieved by investigators on Thursday.

Rottnest wreckage retrieved as pilot’s girlfriend pays tribute to ‘seaplane tragic’

Investigators retrieved the Cessna from the water off Thomson Bay on Thursday morning, beginning the process of working out how it crashed, killing three people on board.

  • Rebecca Peppiatt and Jesinta Burton
The moment a plane crashed at Rottnest Island on Tuesday.

‘Insufficient speed’: Aviation expert weighs in on Rottnest seaplane tragedy

Crowds of summer holidaymakers on Rottnest witnessed the crash on Tuesday afternoon. A leading expert has reviewed the footage and given his opinion on what might have gone wrong.

  • Rebecca Peppiatt
Pilot James Wong.

Pilot who died in Rottnest Island seaplane tragedy identified

James Wong, 34, died when the Cessna 208 he was piloting crashed moments after take-off on Tuesday afternoon.

  • Rebecca Peppiatt
Swan River Seaplanes pilot James Wong (top) died when his seaplane crashed off Rottnest. Company co-founder Troy Thomas died in an aviation accident in 2020.

Seaplane company ‘heartbroken’ as tragedy hits a second time

As the details of Tuesday’s Rottnest Island tragedy unfolds, memories of the helicopter crash that killed seaplane company co-founder Troy Thomas have resurfaced.

  • Claire Ottaviano
Rottnest Island seaplane crash.

Three people confirmed dead after Rottnest Island seaplane crash

Footage of the crash shows the Swan River Seaplane-run Cessna 208 plane struggling to take off before swaying and nosediving into the ocean around 600 metres offshore.

  • Heather McNeill
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Brad Pettitt taught his daughter to ride without training wheels on Rottnest Island.

Hey Perth, want inspiration for a sustainable city? Just look to the horizon

Rottnest Island/Wadjemup is in many ways everything that Greater Perth is not.

  • Brad Pettitt
Boats mooring at Rottnest on a busy summer day.

How many Perth families can afford $1500 a night to stay at Rotto’s newest lodging?

Nothing highlights how Rottnest Island is losing its charm more than seeing a lone, dejected quokka in the old settlement flanked by an army of amateur paparazzo waiting for an Insta-worthy selfie.

  • Sarah Brookes
WA Police had to deploy the riot squad to deal with out-of-control schoolies on Rottnest Island over the weekend,

‘Arrests likely’ as police investigate multiple Rottnest Island assaults during ‘juvie week’

Superintendent Dave Dench of Fremantle Police said many of the teens did not have any adult supervision on the island, and some were only 13 years old.

  • Rebecca Peppiatt and Holly Thompson
Herbert Bropho.

Laying the island spirits to rest at WA’s holiday hotspot

When hundreds of Aboriginal people gather next month on Rottnest, they will be shedding light on that dark history and seeking to lay it to rest.

  • Victoria Laurie

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