00:00Nearly 24 hours after crashing into the sea, what's left of this light plane is pulled
00:11onto shore by rescue crews.
00:13It crashed off the mid-north coast on Saturday, killing the pilot and passenger.
00:19Unfortunately a 69-year-old man and a 67-year-old man were found deceased in that aircraft.
00:28Todd O'Neill heard a plane flying over his home at South West Rocks soon after 3pm.
00:34I just knew it just didn't sound right.
00:37The engine was very low revving.
00:40It sounded as though it was struggling for power and it was very low.
00:44Moments later, witnesses saw it go down in the water near Nambucca Heads.
00:49The plane just started rolling and as it got closer to shore the waves started pulling
00:55it apart a bit more and started spreading up the beach a bit and parts started washing
00:59up on the beach.
01:01Police divers spent most of the day recovering parts of the wreckage but authorities say
01:06it could be months before the cause of the crash is determined.
01:09One body was recovered from the aircraft yesterday and the second was brought out of the water
01:15at Scotts Head Beach this morning.
01:17Anything in the ocean at the moment with tides and everything is always challenging with
01:21the movement of debris.
01:22The light plane took off from a private airfield at Coffs Harbour about half an hour before
01:28it went down.
01:29It's the second fatal aircraft crash in northern New South Wales in a week.
01:34A light plane came down at Palmer's Island near Yamba last Sunday, killing the pilot
01:40and injuring a passenger.
01:42Something that you can't plan for, you can't predict, it's just something that has happened
01:47in a very unfortunate incident.
01:49Another challenging recovery operation after a flight that went tragically wrong.
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