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Brit backpacker, 29, is killed and three others injured as tourist plane crashes on a remote Australian beach in front of horrified onlookers

Horrified passengers in a second tourist plane witnessed the small aircraft's fatal plummet

A 29-year-old British backpacker has died and another was left critically injured after a plane carrying tourists crashed into a remote beach in Australia.

The passengers were travelling in the light aircraft when it plummeted onto the beach on Middle Island, north of the tourist town 1770, Queensland, just before 11am local time.

A 29-year-old British woman was killed when the plane plummeted into the ground
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A 29-year-old British woman was killed when the plane plummeted into the groundCredit: PR Image
Rescue services were helicoptered to the remote crash scene
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Rescue services were helicoptered to the remote crash sceneCredit: RACQLifeFlightRescue
A second Brit was also critically injured in the crash, it was reported
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A second Brit was also critically injured in the crash, it was reportedCredit: Array
The remote beach, named Middle Island, is located in the country's northeast
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The remote beach, named Middle Island, is located in the country's northeastCredit: Array
Three others were also injured in the horrific crash
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Three others were also injured in the horrific crashCredit: Array

Passengers in a second tourist plane travelling in tandem with the one that crashed witnessed the fatal plummet and alerted emergency services.

Paramedics could not get to the hard-to-access area by ground and had to be flown in to treat the injured. The Brit, aged in her 20s, suffered critical injuries and died at the scene.

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Another woman suffered head and leg injuries, while two men on board suffered lower leg fractures and cuts to the head.

Rescue helicopters flew two patients to Rockhampton for treatment and one to Bundaberg. A Queensland Ambulance Service spokeswoman said two were listed as in a serious condition, while a third was stable.

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QAS spokeswoman Mindy Thomas said the second tourist plane landed on the beach and phoned emergency services after witnessing the crash.

"Middle Island is not easily accessible by road, so most resources were sent by helicopter," she said. "It will be a number of hours before all patients are safely extricated.

Authorities say they are not yet sure why the plane plummeted into the beach
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Authorities say they are not yet sure why the plane plummeted into the beachCredit: Array
Passengers in a second tourist plane witnessed the horrific crash
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Passengers in a second tourist plane witnessed the horrific crashCredit: RACQLifeFlightRescue
Pilot Les Woodall was airlifted to hospital with broken bones and head injuries
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Pilot Les Woodall was airlifted to hospital with broken bones and head injuriesCredit: RACQLifeFlightRescue

"There are a number of bystanders from the second plane to be extricated as well."

It is not yet known what caused the light plane to plummet to the ground.

According to the Central Queensland plane spotting blog, the aircraft has a broken wing and landed on its roof. The blog described it as a Wyndham Aviation Cessna 172 VH-WTQ.

Middle Island is located on the Queensland coast, about half way between Bundaberg and Gladstone.

The crash comes just weeks after British lapdancer Stacey Tierney was found slumped dead at a Melbourne strip club.

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