'Number of people' dead after Barwon Heads plane crash

By Tammy Mills, Nino Bucci and Tom Cowie
Updated January 30 2016 - 11:08am, first published 10:35am
Several people are dead after a Barwon Heads plane crash.
Several people are dead after a Barwon Heads plane crash.
Visibilty was 'really bad' on the water off Barwon Heads today. Photo: Channel Nine
Visibilty was 'really bad' on the water off Barwon Heads today. Photo: Channel Nine
A coast guard boat sifts through wreckage of a plane crash off Barwon Heads. Photo: Channel Nine
A coast guard boat sifts through wreckage of a plane crash off Barwon Heads. Photo: Channel Nine
A police boat recovers three bodies after a plane crash at Ocean Grove. Photo: Joe Armao
A police boat recovers three bodies after a plane crash at Ocean Grove. Photo: Joe Armao
Police continue to search for a fourth body of a passenger believed to have died in the crash. Photo: Alan Barber
Police continue to search for a fourth body of a passenger believed to have died in the crash. Photo: Alan Barber
A police boat at Queenscliff boat ramp. Photo: Alan Barber
A police boat at Queenscliff boat ramp. Photo: Alan Barber
A clean up at the sight of the crash has begun. Photo: Adam Barber
A clean up at the sight of the crash has begun. Photo: Adam Barber

Police have confirmed that three men and a woman were on a light plane that crashed off the coast near Point Lonsdale on Friday afternoon.

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