JOURNALIST: In the wake of the Rottnest Island seaplane crash ... PRIME MINISTER: It's one of the issues that we need to be cognisant of. Climate change is real. It doesn't mean every event that ...

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James Wong, 34, was piloting the Cessna 208 when it crashed shortly after takeoff on January 7, landing at Thomson Bay at Rottnest Island, about 20km from Perth. Six people were on-board the ...

These islands, including the Maldives, Tuvalu, Seychelles, and Kiribati, are not just picturesque vacation spots. Instead, ...

Many holidaymakers were soaking up the sun when news broke that a seaplane had crashed while taking off at the popular tourist destination Rottnest Island. One of them was the ABC Perth newsroom's ...

The world's biggest iceberg — a wall of ice the size of Rhode Island — is lumbering toward ... more frequently because of human-caused climate change, said British Antarctic Survey physical ...

Only one of the seven people aboard the Cessna 208 Caravan was rescued without injury after the crash Tuesday afternoon on Rottnest Island, police said. The plane owned by Swan River Seaplanes was ...

The colony has dropped by 94 per cent since 2007, leaving an estimated 114 on the island. Scientists have cited climate change, human activity and migration patterns as driving factors in the ...

ATSB chief commissioner Angus Mitchell travelled to Rottnest Island to investigate the seaplane crash. Photo: Jason Edwards. “As reported to the ATSB, during takeoff the floatplane collided with ...