A second body has now been found after the light plane crash off the Coffs Harbour coast in New South Wales. Police launched a wreckage recovery operation this morning where they made the discovery.
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00:00An operation to recover the wreckage of the plane has been underway today at the remote
00:07northern end of Scottshead Beach, which you can see here behind me.
00:13Police were called yesterday afternoon after a witness reported seeing a plane go down
00:18in the sea just south of Nambucca Heads.
00:22They soon discovered the wreckage about a kilometre offshore.
00:28Two men have died in the crash.
00:30One of the bodies was retrieved yesterday and the other body was discovered earlier
00:34today.
00:35They're both yet to be formally identified.
00:39Crews involved in today's recovery work include Fire and Rescue NSW, including the Hazardous
00:45Materials Unit, with report of some fibrous material contained among the wreckage.
00:50Police are also working with Surf Lifesaving crews.
00:54The Police Marine Area Command are leading an investigation into the crash and they have
00:59confirmed the aircraft left from a private airfield at Coffs Harbour at around three
01:04o'clock yesterday afternoon.
01:06It's the second fatal light plane crash in this region in a week, with a fatal crash
01:11at Yamba last weekend.