Light plane crashes into crocodile infested waters in Broome

A light planed has crashed into crocodile infested waters in Broome, police said.

The incident happened at Fisherman Bend at Roebuck Bay, an area inhabited by saltwater crocodiles, about 11.25am on Thursday.

Emergency services including police, St John WA, marine rescue and the Department of Fire and Emergency Services are responding to the incident.

“One person reportedly sustained non-life-threatening injuries,” a police spokesman said.

A St John WA spokesman said multiple crews were sent and a man in his 40s was taken to Broome Hospital.

The spokesman said six other people were being assessed at the scene but are not believed to any any life threatening injuries.

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau has been notified of an accident at Broome involving a Cessna 441 and is currently gathering further information.

A witness told ABC Kimberley they saw a plane flying low before it disappeared past the mangroves.

“I saw it flying and then dipping quite low, and then I just assumed it had passed over the horizon,” Alex MacNamara said.

“It looked like it was doing a sort of turn on an angle and then it was just dipping quite low.”

Fisherman Bend is a 500m long sandy beach lined by mangroves on the shoreline of Dampier Creek in Broome.

The area is inhabited by saltwater crocodiles that are often seen around the mangroves and is part of the Broome Crocodile Control Zone.

More to come.