Young Girl Among Six Dead in Seaplane Crash in Australia

Young Girl Among Six Dead in Seaplane Crash in Australia
Visitors at the entrance to the Sydney Seaplanes terminal in Rose Bay, Sydney, on Jan. 1, 2018. Six people were killed when one of the company’s seaplane crashed into a river on New Year's Eve. Peter Parks/AFP/Getty Images
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Police have confirmed that five British nationals on holidays in Australia have been killed in a seaplane crash along with the pilot on New Year’s Eve.

An 11-year-old girl was the youngest among the fatalities. The crash occurred mid-afternoon on Sunday, Dec. 31 during what would have been a 20 minute return flight to Rose Bay in the iconic Sydney Harbour. The passengers had just finished having lunch at a restaurant on the Hawkesbury River in Sydney’s north.