Pilot and Passenger Killed as Light Plane Crashes into Sea off NSW Coast
- Two people have died after a light plane crashed into the ocean near a national park on the NSW Mid North Coast.
- Emergency services were called to Gaagal Wanggaan National Park near Nambucca Heads at 4 PM on Saturday following reports of a crash.
- A plane wreckage was shortly after sighted in the water approximately 1.5 km southeast of Nambucca Heads.
- Hazardous materials crews were on site to clean up a fibrous material that ended up on the shore following the crash.
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The aircraft crashed a short distance from the coast
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