Plane Crash Perth 2025 Perth. Rottnest island, which is also known as wadjemup, is about 20 kilometres off the coast from perth. The aircraft was carrying six tourists when it crashed on tuesday afternoon off rottnest island, a popular tourist destination around 30 km (18.6 miles) west of perth.

Specialist investigators were probing the crash. The plane owned by swan river seaplanes was returning to its base in perth, the western australia state capital 30 kilometres east of rottnest island, which is also known by its indigenous name.