Seaplane which crashed killing six was destroyed in previous incident - reports

A seaplane that crashed near Sydney killing five Britons has been partially recovered from a river, as it was reported the aircraft had been rebuilt after it was "destroyed" in a fatal incident in the 1990s.

A seaplane that crashed near Sydney killing five Britons has been partially recovered from a river, as it was reported the aircraft had been rebuilt after it was "destroyed" in a fatal incident in the 1990s.

Wreckage of the De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver was lifted out of the Hawkesbury River by a crane barge on Thursday, five days after the New Year’s Eve tragedy.