Summarize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs WA Police Commissioner Col Blanch said authorities were doing everything they could.“There have been a number of members of the public who did not hesitate to assist, and I do thank them for their efforts,” he said.Officers from the Australian Transport Safety Bureau are expected to arrive on the island on Wednesday to investigate what went wrong.“As reported to the ATSB, during take-off the float plane collided with the water, before coming to rest partially submerged,” the bureau said in a statement.“The ATSB will deploy a team of transport safety investigators from its Perth, Brisbane and Canberra offices, specialising in human performance, and aircraft operations and maintenance.Loading“Investigators will also seek to interview those on board, and any other witnesses and involved parties, and collect relevant recorded information including available flight tracking data, as well as pilot and aircraft maintenance records, and weather information.”Two parts of the plane have been recovered. The pontoon was found on a beach a couple of kilometres from the crash site, and police took another piece of the wreckage to a forensic holding yard.Visitors to the island witnessed the crash and then the rescue effort, with four people rushed to shore by emergency crews.Holidaymaker Phil Shepley told WAtoday he heard ambulance sirens in the vicinity of the jetty before watching almost half a dozen civilian vessels make their way to the scene to aid in the rescue.“We just saw the tail and the wing floating above the surface,” he said.“The rescue boat and about four or five civilian vessels got there straight away.“I was shocked — it was just surreal.”More to come.
