The foreign tourists killed in the Rottnest Island seaplane crash have been named, as authorities continue the painstaking task of piecing together the final moments of the fatal flight.
Dylan Caporn
The crash in Thomson Bay on Tuesday afternoon killed pilot James Wong, 34, a 65-year-old woman, who was a Swiss tourist, and a 60-year-old male Danish tourist.
Jake Dietsch
WA’s Premier and top cop have praised local boaties who rallied out to the scene after the plane crash, saying ‘their efforts undoubtedly saved lives’.
Caitlyn Rintoul
Aviation safety experts from around the country are travelling to Perth to interview the survivors of a seaplane crash off Rottnest Island to determine what led to the tragedy.
Caleb Runciman
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has spoken on the ‘terrible’ Rottnest Island plane crash, with police expected to provide an update on their search for three missing people later on Wednesday morning.
Parts of a badly damaged seaplane that crashed off Rottnest Island have been recovered by police as the search continues for three missing people.
Confronting video footage has emerged of the moment a seaplane crashed off Rottnest Island shortly after take-off.
Roger Cook is being briefed on the search and rescue effort after a seaplane crashed into the ocean off Rottnest Island.
Jessica Page
Perth’s island getaway was the scene of a frantic search for three people, after a seaplane crashed into the water off Rottnest Island with seven people on board.
Dylan Caporn, Caitlyn Rintoul and Claire Sadler
The 29-year-old is on a working holiday from Brazil and has Japanese heritage.
James Carmody
German tennis star Alexender Zverev has wasted no time picking up a souvenir from his first trip to Perth in more than four years, grabbing a selfie with a WA icon.
Premier Roger Cook has called for parents, as well as their unruly kids, to be held accountable after hoards of teens terrorised other visitors and police on Rottnest Island.
Police have lashed irresponsible mums and dads for failing to parent their own children after 400 unsupervised teens ran amok on Rottnest Island, assaulting holiday makers and pelting officers with bottles.
Bethany Hiatt
Compared to being the first Japanese astronaut to take command of the International Space Station, a quokka selfie might seem mundane, but Koichi Wakata was smiling as wide as WA’s famously happy marsupial.
Ben O'Shea
Tired and dated self-contained units will be refurbished after a successful upgrade of more than 60 accommodations.
Rottnest Island used to be the most western tip of the continent and the mouth of the Swan River used to be just north of the island.
John Flint
Visitors to Perth’s favourite island getaway are in for a thrilling change to Rottnest Island’s ferry services this spring and summer, which is also set to boost tourism.
Ferries to Rottnest Island have been cancelled due to dangerous sea conditions.
Luxury jeweller Linneys will pay homage to two WA icons — the quokka and Argyle pink diamonds — with the launch of its newest collector’s item.
Cheyanne Enciso
Shocking scenes have emerged out of Rottnest Island after tourists were distressed to witness a quokka with a baby in her pouch eating a discarded cigarette butt.
Kellie Balaam
Seniors will be able to travel to Rottnest Island for $30, as part of a winter special announced by the Cook Government.
Joe Spagnolo
Join us for a day on Rottnest with Travel Editor Stephen Scourfield and Travel Lead Photographer Mogens Johansen.
Travel Team
Dedicated accommodation to house more than 400 workers will be built on Rottnest Island as part of a $150.5 million funding injection to ‘get the basics right’ on the global tourism drawcard.
Josh Zimmerman
Rottnest accommodation appears to have spiked by 30 per cent in a year – but the authority in charge of the getaway is refusing to confirm the size of the hike or provide any insight into how prices are set.
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