Sixty-year-old pilot dies but surviving passenger stable in hospital
A man has died and another has been airlifted to hospital with serious injuries after their light plane crashed.
Emergency crews, including several ambulances and a rescue helicopter, were called to Palmers Island, about 8km west of Yamba, in the NSW northern rivers on Sunday following reports of a crash.
The pilot of the recreational plane, believed to be a man in his 60s, died at the scene, police said.
His passenger, a man in his 30s, was treated for head, spinal and arm injuries before being airlifted to Gold Coast University hospital in a serious but stable condition, a NSW Ambulance spokesperson said.
Police remained at the site and secured the crime scene as their investigations continued.
